Kinesiology 3388A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Body Fat Percentage, Accelerometer, Pedometer

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3388A/B
• Professor: Natascha Wesch

Document Summary

Abstract is too broad to reveal and the quality of the journal. It sets the stage for research study. What to look for: originality, meaningful contribution, and how they are adding something new to the topic, clearly expressed rationale (way of explaining, or going about believing it, purpose and hypotheses. Is it an appropriate study design to answer. Actual or proxy measures? (actual measure or estimate?) Subjective or objective (subjective = ask, objective = skinfold thickness, accelerometer, pedometer) Participants: representative: sample represents the larger population, comparable groups: same starting point, variables/groups must be comparable; the. Ethical approval difference need to be due to the different variables, not from the start. Inclusion/exclusion criteria: inclusion includes the characteristics that the subjects must have to be included in the study; exclusion refers to the characteristics that could disqualify subjects from participating in the study (ex. Age, se(cid:454), race, ethnicit(cid:455) : recruitment: how were the participants recruited.