Participant (subject) characteristics
The participant’s name is “Tameta”. Tameta is a 39-year-old female without a disability. At the beginning of the research, her daily average step count in a four-week period was approximately 5,000. While only working part-time, she would like to at least maintain her daily step count average by focusing on performing a walking activity for one continuous hour each day.
Research design
The research design is ABAB. The baseline data will calculate the total number of steps taken during a non-preferred or neutral activity for two weeks. The intervention data will find the sum of the number of steps taken during an hour for each day when a preferred activity was performed. Then the researchers will …show more content…
During an interview, the participant indicated which activities would be considered as neutral or non-preferred. The list included household chores (sweeping, mopping, vacuuming), grocery shopping, or studying while walking on a treadmill. The steps are calculated at the closest hour time frame when the first opportunity to perform the neutral or non-preferred activity occurs. There is not a set time for the activities to be performed but it must be a continuous 60 minutes. Activities that are stationary such as reading a book while sitting are not included in the steps count.
The intervention phase will allow Tameta to walk while performing a preferred activity for an hour time-period each day. After a preference assessment was administered, the preferred activities were shopping at the mall, walking on the beach, watching a movie while walking on the treadmill, or walking with a friend or family member either in a park or neighborhood. The steps are added during the closest continuous 60-minute time frame that the activity occurred at the first opportunity of the day. Therefore, a set time of day for the activity is
The participant’s name is “Tameta”. Tameta is a 39-year-old female without a disability. At the beginning of the research, her daily average step count in a four-week period was approximately 5,000. While only working part-time, she would like to at least maintain her daily step count average by focusing on performing a walking activity for one continuous hour each day.
Research design
The research design is ABAB. The baseline data will calculate the total number of steps taken during a non-preferred or neutral activity for two weeks. The intervention data will find the sum of the number of steps taken during an hour for each day when a preferred activity was performed. Then the researchers will …show more content…
During an interview, the participant indicated which activities would be considered as neutral or non-preferred. The list included household chores (sweeping, mopping, vacuuming), grocery shopping, or studying while walking on a treadmill. The steps are calculated at the closest hour time frame when the first opportunity to perform the neutral or non-preferred activity occurs. There is not a set time for the activities to be performed but it must be a continuous 60 minutes. Activities that are stationary such as reading a book while sitting are not included in the steps count.
The intervention phase will allow Tameta to walk while performing a preferred activity for an hour time-period each day. After a preference assessment was administered, the preferred activities were shopping at the mall, walking on the beach, watching a movie while walking on the treadmill, or walking with a friend or family member either in a park or neighborhood. The steps are added during the closest continuous 60-minute time frame that the activity occurred at the first opportunity of the day. Therefore, a set time of day for the activity is