CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA
Department
of Kinesiology and Health Promotion
KIN 591
Research Design
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Instructor: Dr. Michael Liang |
email:
mliang@csupomona.edu |
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Office Hours: Look up website or by appointment |
Phone: (909) 869-2770Office: Building 43 Room 108A |
II. Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1.
Analyze research paradigms and experimental designs;
2.
Select appropriate variables, samples, and measurement
instruments in accordance
with
reliability and validity consideration;
3.
Utilize inferential statistics for hypothesis testing;
4. Use graphic
information, computer techniques for data analysis, and interpretation of
research reports pertaining to the field.
III. Course Content: The contents for this class will include the
following:
1.
Orientation to statistics
2.
Hypothesis testing
3.
Descriptive statistics
4.
Inferential statistics
IV. Required and Recommended Textbooks and
Journals:
A. Required
Textbooks
Jerry R.
Thomas and Jack K. Nelson. (1996). Research Methods in Physical Activity
(3rd ed.), Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. (ISBN: 088011-481-9)
Ted A.
Baumgartner and Clinton H. Strong. (1998). Conducting and Reading Research
in Health and Human Performance (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: The
McGraw-Hill Companies. (ISBN: 0697-29509-5)
APA
(1994). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th
ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (ISBN:
1-55798-243-0).
B. Recommended journals & textbook:
Miller, David K. (1994). Measurement
By the Physical Educator (2nd ed.).Madison, WI: Brown
& Benchmark Publishers. (ISBN:0-697-16621-X)
Isaac, Stephen and William B.
Michael. (1981). Handbook in Research and Evaluation (2nd Ed.) San
Diego, CA: EdITS publishers. (ISBN: 0-912736-25-9)
Medicine & Science in Sports
& Exercise (Official Journal of the American College of Sports
Medicine).
Research Quarterly for Exercise
and Sport (Official Journal of the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance).
V. Description of the Course: This course provides the student with some
basic statistical and measurement techniques that are frequently used in
exercise science, nutrition, sports medicine, and physical activity research.
The basic statistics and measurement techniques include: sampling procedures.
Statistics used in describing data (e.g., measures of central tendency and
variation); reliability and meaningfulness, probability and significance as
they relate to inference or to generalizing the results of a study; and power
in relation to probability, sample size, and effect size. This course also provides
opportunities for discussion and student presentation of a typical thesis
report and/or publication. The course
is geared to first year graduate students to help the student to acquire the
basic skills in designing a research study.
VI. Course Requirements:
1.
Examinations (minimum of 1) on assigned readings (exam cannot be made up
if missed)
2.
Individual student presentations (minimum of 1) must be
given on assigned date and time: Each
student will be given a 20-minute presentation which must include:
a) An
introduction with purpose and hypothesis clear defined
b) Review of
literature and a summary
c) Content
and materials/methods of your presentation
d) A brief
discussion of the statistics used and hypothesis testing
e) Questions
from the audience
f)
Typed paper of the presentation (due after your
presentation)
3.
Examination dates: Mid-Term
Exam – TBA
Final
Exam – TBA
4.
Assignments (due before the next class meeting)
5.
Term paper (due on 3/5/01) which must include:
a) Purpose,
hypothesis, definition of terms used, limitation and delimitation
b) A brief
review of literature and summary
c) Methods/materials
and measuring instruments/tests
d) Statistical
techniques
e) Expected
results
f)
A list of references (use the APA style)
VII. Grading Procedures:
1. Examinations (mid-term and/or final): 60%
2. Presentation and assignments:20%
3. Term paper :20%
Total: 100%
4. Final Grade:
| A+ = or > 97% | A = 94 – 96.9%; | A- = 90 – 93.9% |
| B+ = 87-89.9 % | B = 84 – 86.9%; | B- = 80 – 83.9% |
| C+ = 77% | C = 74 – 76.9%; | C- = 70 – 73.9% |
| D+ = or > 67%; | D = 64 – 66.9%; | D- = 60 – 63.9%; |
| F
= or < 59.9% |
VIII. Administrative Requirements:
1.
Students are expected to attend all classes and responsible
for materials covered in class if an absence occurs;
2.
Visits to the library and the University Computing Center
will not be made-up because each
visitation
experience is better appreciated as a class;
3.
Exams may be made-up if an emergency arises. Please try to
notify the instructor 24 hours prior to exam time if you are going to be
absent. A make-up time will be
scheduled within a reasonable
time period compatible to the instructor’s
schedule.
4.
Classroom presentation requires the student to wear proper
attire (i.e., no gym shirt, T-shirt & short or wearing a hat during your
presentation) and to behave professionally (i.e., use proper
language, no whispering, private
conversation, etc.).
Course
Syllabus: This syllabus is
the instructor’s communication with the students and will be followed. It is
the student’s responsibility to read this syllabus and to ask the instructor to
clarify any aspect that is unclear before the end of the 3rd week of
classes.
Student
Evaluations: The Department of
Kinesiology and Health Promotion takes student evaluations very seriously. Each
student has the right to evaluate each class in which they enroll. There are
two types of evaluation: formal (bubble sheet) and informal written comments. The instructor will ensure that the formal
evaluation has occurred during the last week of the quarter. Informal written
comments can be provided to the instructor for their personal use; however,
they cannot be used for faculty evaluation. If the student would like their
written comments to be used for faculty evaluation, they need to write a letter
to the department chair and submit it to the department office.
University
Policy on Dropping a Course (Instructor Initiated Drop):
Students
will no longer be automatically dropped if they do not attend the first class
session. The NO Show policy is modified in that instructors retain the
authority to administratively drop (AD) a student from a class, but the
ultimate responsibility to drop any unwanted classes is that of the
student. Administratively dropping a
student because he/she does not attend the first class meeting is an option
available to faculty. An instructor may also administratively drop a student
who does not meet pre-requisite requirements for a course. Students are
cautioned never to depend on this faculty option, but to take responsibility
for appropriately dropping a class. Students who do not drop a scheduled class,
which they are not attending, are subject to receiving a failing grade. The
term “NO Show” will be applicable only to quarters prior to summer 1999. An
instructor initiated drop (AD) must be filed with the Registrar’s Office no
later than the 6th day of classes (Class Schedule: Fall 2000, page
6).
Academic
Integrity: It is expected that
all students are aware of the university policy on academic integrity as
outlined in the university catalog.
Student
Conduct and Discipline: It is
expected that all students are enrolled in this lecture class for education
pursuits and that their conduct will preserve an environment that facilitates
learning. This includes attending all classes on time, showing respect for the
instructor and fellow students, no talking during lecture, turning pagers and
cellular phones off during lecture, and staying the entire class time.
Expectations of students also include good citizenship and civility in the
classroom as well as on campus.
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