Contents // Preface xi // Acknowledgments xv // Part 1 // Overview of the Research Process // Chapter 1 // Introduction to Research // in Physical Activity // ■The Nature of Research 3 ■Unscientific Versus Scientific // Methods of Problem Solving 10 ■Alternative Models of // Research 14 ■Types of Research 17 ■Overview // of the Research Process 20 ■Summary 22 // Chapter 2 Developing the Problem and Using // the Literature // ■Identifying the Research Problem 25 ■Purpose of the // Literature Review 29 ■Basic Literature Search Strategies 31 // ■Steps in the Literature Search 32 ■Summary 49 // Chapters Presenting the Problem 51 // ■Choosing the Title 51 ■Writing the Introduction 52 // ■Stating the Research Problem 54 ■Presenting the Research // Hypothesis 56 ■Operationally Defining Your Terms 57 // ■Basic Assumptions, Delimitations, and Limitations 58 // • Justifying the Significance of the Study 59 ■The Differences // Between the Thesis and the Research Article 61 ■Summary 61 // vi Contents // Chapter 4 Formulating the Method 63 // ■How to Present Methodological Details 64 ■Why Planning the // Method Is Important 64 ■Two Principles for Planning Experiments // 64 ■Describing Participants 65 ■Describing Instruments 67 // ■Describing Procedures 68 ■Describing Design and Analysis 72 // ■Establishing
Cause and Effect 73 ■Interaction of Participants, // Measurements, and Treatments 74 ■Summary 75 // Chapter 5 Ethical Issues in Research and 77 // Scholarship // ■Seven Areas of Scientific Dishonesty 77 ■Ethical Issues // Regarding Copyright 83 ■Model for Considering Scientific // Misconduct 85 ■Working With Faculty 86 ■Protecting // Human Participants 88 ■Protecting Animal Subjects 90 // ■Summary 9 / // Part II // Statistical and Measurement // Concepts in Research // Chapter 6 Becoming Acquainted With 97 // Statistical Concepts // ■Why We Need Statistics 97 ■Use of Computers in Statistical // Analysis 99 ■Description and Inference Are Not Statistical // Techniques 99 ■Ways to Select a Sample 99 ■Justifying Post // Hoc Explanations 101 • Difficulty of Random Sampling and // Assignment: How Good Does It Have to Be? 101 ■Unit of // Analysis 102 ■Measures of Central Tendency and Variability // 103 ■Basic Concepts of Statistical Techniques 107 // ■Summary 110 // Chapter 7 Statistical Issues in Research Planning 113 // and Evaluation // ■Probability 113 ■Meaningfulness (Effect Size) 115 ■Power // ■Using Information in the Context of the Study 119 ■Reporting // Statistical Data 122 ■Summary 123 // 116 // Contents vii // Chapter 8 Relationships Among Variables 125 // ■What Correlational Research Investigates
125 â– Understanding // the Nature of Correlation 126 â– What the Coefficient of Correlation // Means 152 â– Using Correlation for Prediction 155 â– Partial // Correlation 158 â– Uses of Semipartial Correlation 159 â– Procedures // for Multiple Regression 159 â– Multivariate Forms of Correlation 141 // â– Summary 144 // Chapter 9 Differences Among Groups 1 47 // â– How Statistics Test Differences 147 â– Types of t Tests 149 // â– Interpreting t 154 â– Relationship of t and r 157 // • Analysis of Variance 157 â– Analysis of Covariance 171 // â– Experimentwise Error Rate 171 â– Understanding Multivariate // Techniques 172 â– Summary 176 // Chapter 10 Nonparametric Techniques // â– Chi Square: Testing the Observed Versus the Expected 181 // â– Procedures for Rank-Order Data 185 â– Correlation 186 // Differences Among Groups 188 â– Summary 191 // Chapter 11 Measuring Research Variables 193 // â– Validity 195 •Reliability 197 • Methods of Establishing // Reliability 200 â– Intertester Reliability (Objectivity) 202 // â– Standard Error of Measurement 202 â– Using Standard Scores // to Compare Performance 204 â– Measuring Movement 205 // â– Measuring Written Responses 205 â– Measuring Affective // Behavior 205 â– Scales for Measuring Affective Behavior 207 // • Measuring Knowledge 209 • Item Response Theory 210 // â–
Summary 211 // ■Part III Types of Research // Chapter 12 Historical Research in Physical Activity 215 // ■Research Paradigms 215 ■Lines of Inquiry and Topics 217 // ■Designing the Research 220 ■Working With the Evidence 220 // ■Summary 228 // viii Contents // Chapter 13 Philosophic Research in Physical 231 // Activity // ■Identifying the Purposes of Philosophic Research 232 ■Locating // a Research Problem 235 ■Analyzing a Research Problem 236 // ■Summary 243 // Chapter 14 Research Synthesis (Meta-Analysis) 247 // ■Using Meta-Analysis to Synthesize Research 248 ■Presenting // Effect Size Data 256 •Summary 257 // Chapter 15 The Survey 269 // ■The Questionnaire 269 ■The Delphi Method 280 ■The // Personal Interview 281 ■The Normative Survey 284 // ■Summary 284 // Chapter 16 Other Descriptive Research Methods 287 // ■Developmental Research 287 ■The Case Study 290 ■Job // Analysis 293 ■Observational Research 293 ■Unobtrusive // Research Techniques 297 ■Correlational Research 298 // ■Summary 299 // Chapter 17 Physical Activity Epidemiology 301 // Research // ■Observational Versus Experimental Research 303 ■\\Nhat Is // Epidemiology? 303 ■Physical Activity Measurement // Definitions 305 ■Assessment of Physical Activity 306 // ■Epidemiologic Study Designs 309 ■Reading and Interpreting
// a Physical Activity Epidemiologic Study 318 ■Summary 320 // Chapter 18 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental 321 // Research // • Sources of Invalidity 322 ■Threats to Internal Validity 323 // ■Threats to External Validity 326 ■Controlling Threats to Internal // Validity 327 ■Controlling Threats to External Validity 329 // ■Types of Designs 330 ■Summary 343 // Contents ix // Chapter 19 Qualitative Research 345 // ■Contrasting Characteristics of Qualitative and Quantitative // Research 346 ■Procedures in Qualitative Research 347 // ■Analysis of the Data 352 ■Concluding Remarks 362 // ■Summary 363 // ■Part IV Writing the Research Report 365 // Chapter 20 Completing the Research Process 367 // • Research Proposal 367 ■Developing a Good Introduction 367 // ■Describing the Method 368 ■The Proposal Process 369 // ■Preparing and Presenting Qualitative Research Proposals 372 // ■Writing Proposals for Granting Agencies 373 ■Submitting // Internal Proposals 374 ■Completing Your Thesis or // Dissertation 374 ■Results and Discussion 374 ■Howto // Handle Multiple Experiments in a Single Report 378 »Howto // Use Tables and Figures 379 »Summary 386 // Chapter 21 Ways of Reporting Research 389 // ■Basic Writing Guidelines 389 ■A Brief Word About // Acknowledgments 390 ■Thesis and Dissertation Format:
Traditional Versus Journal 390 ■Helpful Hints for Successful // Journal Writing 397 ■Writing Abstracts 398 • Making Oral // and Poster Presentations 401 • Summary 404 // 9 Appendixes // A Statistical Tables // O o // B A Brief Historical Overview of Research // in Physical Activity in the United States // C Sample Consent Forms // 418 // 422 // x Contents // References 432 // Author Index 448 // Subject Index 450 // About the Authors 455 // t