Kinesiology 3388A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Qualitative Inquiry, Null Hypothesis, Temporality

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

Document Summary

Quantitative: focuses on quantifying or counting the amount of a particular variable, generalizability is crucial, large sample, quantifiable (numbers, experimental, quasi-and non-experimental designs, confounders, reliability, validity. Form of social inquiry; not a single type of social inquiry, but many that sometimes overlap. Non-experimental (ethnography, narrative analysis, descriptive case studies, interviews. Time consuming, difficult to standardize, relies on empathy and trust. Involves using data to describe facts detect patterns, develop explanations, and test hypothesis. Type of data analysis will depend on whether qualitative or quantitative data were collected. Correlation: measure of the magnitude and direction of a relationship between two variables; Direction of correlation (cid:858)r(cid:859) (cid:894)(cid:272)orrelatio(cid:374) (cid:272)oeffi(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t(cid:895) (cid:272)a(cid:374) take o(cid:374) (cid:448)alues fro(cid:373) -1 to + 1 r < 0 negative correlation r > 0 positive correlation. (cid:862)criti(cid:272)all(cid:455) appraisal is the pro(cid:272)ess of (cid:272)arefull(cid:455) a(cid:374)d s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)ati(cid:272)all(cid:455) e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)g resear(cid:272)h to a particular context(cid:863) burls 2009. Critically appraise the study for sample size, types of variables. Systematic critically evaluating every single detail.