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SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE
YORK COLLEGE
HE/PE 365 H-WEB: Research in Health and Physical Education
Dr. G. We
er-Zion
Research Methods
The section of your research paper that describes the procedures for collecting your data is very
important one, since the choices you will make for data collection will allow you to make valid claims
about your research hypotheses. The chapter is written like a “recipe”, consequently it provides step by
step instructions for conducting the research. The procedures description should be so detailed that if
another researcher wanted to repeat the study, there would be no problem of doing so.
The methods section usually begins with re-stating the research question(s) followed by specific
descriptions of the research participants, research design, instrumentations, testing procedures, and
data analysis.
When developing your Research Methods section make sure that its content includes:
1. A discussion of the research participants and the sampling technique that will be used to obtain
them.
2. A discussion of the instruments that will be used to collect the data.
3. A discussion of the design of the study protocol.
4. A discussion of the administrative procedures that will be used to collect the data.
5. A discussion on how the data will be analyzed.
Since the study is not yet conducted, this section must be written in FUTURE TENSE.
Write the Methods section of your research project. Sources – from refe
ed journals - used for your
study procedure must be listed according to the APA format. The Methods should be about 3 pages
long, typed (size 12 font, double-spaced and with one inch margins on top, bottom, left and right), and
MUST be submitted as a Word document only. Use the Assignment link to submit your work.
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The assignment will be evaluated as follows:
Assessment of Content (maximum 10 points):
Criteria Unacceptable Acceptable Target
Appearance,
spelling and
grammar
The document is unorganized,
unprofessional in appearance
and contains grammatical
e
ors.
0.5
The document is organized with
minor typos and grammatical
e
ors.
1
The document is well organized,
without any typos or
grammatical e
ors.
2
Organization
Student does not establish
focus; ideas are presented
haphazardly with no logical
ationale.
0.5
Student establishes and
maintains clear focus and point
of view through most of the
esponse; shows a coherent
sequence of ideas.
1
Student establishes and
consistently maintains a clear
focus and point of view; logical
and coherent sequence of ideas.
2
Research
procedures
Lacks a clear description of
the research participants,
instruments, tests
administration, and data
analysis.
1
Student provides clear
description of most of the
esearch participants,
instruments, tests administration,
and data analysis.
2
Student provides detailed
description of the research
participants, instruments, tests
administration, and data
analysis.
3
Language
Lack of sophisticated voice; no
use of varied sentence
structure and without co
ect
professional vocabulary.
1
Student creates a voice;
somewhat sophisticated; uses
varied sentence structure and
mostly co
ect professional
vocabulary
2
Student creates a strong voice;
sophisticated, uses varied
sentence structure, and
professional vocabulary
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Total of Content Points: