KIN 310 Exam 1 KSU || All Questions Answered Correctly.
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Obesity Prevalance correct answers More than 1/3 of US adults are obese.
Body Mass Index (BMI) correct answers Below 18.5= underweight
18.5-24.9= normal
25-29.9= overweight
30.0 & above= Obese
Limits of BMI correct answers Other indicators of health risk- It may overestimate body fat in at...
KIN 310 Exam 1 KSU || All Questions Answered Correctly.
Obesity Prevalance correct answers More than 1/3 of US adults are obese.
Body Mass Index (BMI) correct answers Below 18.5= underweight
18.5-24.9= normal
25-29.9= overweight
30.0 & above= Obese
Limits of BMI correct answers Other indicators of health risk- It may overestimate body fat in
athletes and others who have a muscular build
It may underestimate body fat in older person s and others who have lost muscle.
Obesity changes across time
Newest reports correct answers 68% of adults and 32% of school aged children are overweight
or obese. The numbers are alarmingly high but at least we are leveling off
PA Guidelines correct answers 150 min/wk of moderate or 75 min/wk of vigorous for adults.
Also 2 days muscle strengthening. 60 min a day for kids
Kinesiology correct answers the study of human movement, all research in this department
relates back to human movement.
Research correct answers the systematic process of collecting and analyzing information to
increase our understanding of the phenomenon under study
Measurement correct answers a reference sample or standard used for the quantitative
comparison of properties
Research Design correct answers the method and structure of an investigation chosen by the
researcher to conduct data collection and analysis
Law correct answers general relation proved (or assumed) to hold between mathematical and
logical expressions
Applied Research correct answers a type of research that has direct value of practitioners but in
which the researcher has limited control over the research setting
Experimental Research correct answers research that examines cause-and-effect relationships
between variables
Observational Research correct answers gather information or data about the world as it is
Basic Research correct answers a type of research that may have limited direct application but in
which the researcher has careful control of the conditions
, Occam's Razor correct answers When you have two competing theories that make exactly the
same predictions, the simpler one is the better
Applied Research Characteristics correct answers -answers immediate problems
-Human subjects
-real world settings
-lacks control
-Results directly useful
Basic Research Charactersistics correct answers -Deals with theoretical issues
-Animal subjects
-Lab setting
-Carefully controlled
-Results lack application
5 Characteristics of Research correct answers - Systematic: identify and label variables and
design ways to test variables
- Logical: examination of procedures used in process allows evaluation of conclusions
- Empirical: data is collected to base decisions on
- Reductive: take individual events and use them to establish relations
- Replicable: process is recorded so research can be repeated
Criteria for high quality research. correct answers - Based on work of others
- It can be replicated
- It can be generalized to other settings
- It is based on some logical rationale and tied to theory
- It is doable
- It generates new questions or is cyclical in nature
- It is incremental
- It is an apolitical activity that should be undertaken for the betterment of society
4 purposes of research correct answers Describe
Predict
Control
Explain
black swans correct answers unpredictable event that defies prediction. An outlier
Hindsight bias correct answers we act as if we knew it all along or predicted the outcome even if
we had no basis for the prediction
Theory correct answers -Based off the synthesis and interpretation of facts and information
-Theory: An explanation of some aspect of practice that permits the researcher to draw
inferences about future happenings
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