Kinesiology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Research Question, Informed Consent, Sample Size Determination
20 Mar 2017
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Include claims that are backed by empirical evidence. Impersonal: focus on fact > value, avoid first-person statements, the way things are over the things you wish they were. Abstract: summary of the research, typically written last, tends to be <300 words, brief overview, used to screen the research report as relevant or not, can have subtitles: objective, method, results and conclusion. Talking about health systems worldwide then talking about north american: narrow down to primary concepts. Impact of physical activity on health based on physical activity guidelines. Specific topics: operationalize scope of the problem. Literature review: situates the research in the existing evidence base, what has been discovered and explored relative to the topic so far, shape reader"s perspective. Literature review thesis format: differences in how literature reviews are formatted, publications vs. student, organization of literature review, chronological- by date (ex. order of discovery or seasonal, thematic by each key concept of the study.
