Exercise Science Quiz 1

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Prospective

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Studies that look forward

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Retrospective

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Studies looking backward

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Controlled

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Any factor that remains unchanged and strongly influences values

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Ucontrolled

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"Observational Studies". Researcher observes the participants within a framework that is not controlled by the researcher

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Randomization

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Assigned randomly to control or treatment groups. Spreads out error and cofounding variables

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Representative Sample

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Portion of population that is symbolic and typical of the entire population that you wish to study

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Homogeneous

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Groups are similar

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Heterogeneous

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Groups are different

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Correlation

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A relationship between two things

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Causation

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The act of causing something

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IRB

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Institutional Review Board. This is to protect humans.

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Plagiarism

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Using someone elses work and claiming that it is yours

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Independent Variable

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A variable that affects the Dependent variable. A causative agent. Being manipulated by the researcher

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Exercise group, gender, training status, supplementation status

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Dependent variable

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Variable that is measured and influenced by status of the independent variables

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Cholestrol level, heart rate, fat burned, muscle mass,

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Logic Validity

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In logic, an argument is valid if and only if it takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion nevertheless to be false

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Ecological Validity

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Ecological validity refers to the extent to which the findings of a research study are able to be generalized to real-life settings.

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Criterion Validity

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extent to which a measure is related to an outcome. Criterion validity is often divided into concurrent and predictive validity. Concurrent validity refers to a comparison between the measure in question and an outcome assessed at the same time.

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Internal Validity

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refers to how well an experiment is done, especially whether it avoids confounding (more than one possible independent variable [cause] acting at the same time). The less chance for confounding in a study, the higher its internal validity is.

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External Validity

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Degree of generalization. How well we say your results represent what we think will happen in other populations

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Reliability

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Consistency or repeatable of a measure. (Can be reliable but NOT valid. Test cannot be Vaild if it is not reliable)

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Objectivity

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The consistency of measurement among different testers

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Placebo group

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Physiologically innert

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Crossover study design

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Each person gets exposed to all aspects of the study

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Parallel group study design

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One placebo group. One supplement group. Only exposed to one part of the study

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Common sources of error

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Altering data, misinterpretation of data, malfunctioning equipment, bias in treatment of participants

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How to improve reliability

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Sample size, control testing conditions

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Categorical

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Values that are names or labels

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Interval

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the values of the interval variable are equally spaced.

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Ordinal

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where the order matters but not the difference between values.

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Abstract

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Summary of paper

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Introduction

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Tells us why its important. Sometimes adds history into it

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Methods

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How they conducted the research

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Results

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What they found out from the study

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Discussion

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In depth detail/explanation of the results that were found.