Kinesiology 3388A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Repeatability, Dependent And Independent Variables, Selection Bias

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

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Intuition: insights or knowledge independent of training, feeling-(cid:271)ased; have(cid:374)"t do(cid:374)e a(cid:374)y research, it is simply a gut feeling. Tradition: unquestioned belief in superstitions, truisms, and myths; unquestioned beliefs (back in the day people believed that earth is flat) Authority: appealing to experts for answers to our questions. Logic: processes of using known facts to arrive at new facts; if you know birds can fly, you can assume that turkeys can fly too because they are birds. Scientific method: a series of steps that are organized sequentially to generate knowledge. Look at previous research and try to find gaps; then you investigate (has it been done already, or is it feasible) and re-evaluate. Characteristics of a good research question: specific, clear, refer to the problem or phenomenon, reflect the intervention in experimental research, note the target group of participants. Able to formulate hypothesis from the research question.