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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Physical activity and exercise…

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• important for promoting good health • reduces risk for lifestyle-related diseases

#2
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Physical inactivity results in…

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Early morbidity and premature morality

#3
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Umbrella terms for numerous disciplines And common characteristics

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• Physical activity • Exercise • Sport athletic performance • Movement of the body • Adaptations to movement

#4
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Physical activity

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activities of daily living including all movement that humans preform

#5
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Exercise

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structured movement processes for the purpose of improving fitness and preformance

#6
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Sport and athletic competition

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movement in structured and organized activities that involve a competitive aspect

#7
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Obesity rates have ___ through the years.

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Increased

#8
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Research types

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• Basic • Applied • quantitative • qualitative • mixed-Methods • descriptive • experimental • longitudinal

#9
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Search parameters

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• within last 10 years • peer-reviewed • English • full text vs interlibrary loan • Boolean operators (and, or, not) • use of quotations

#10
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APA format used to cite journals or works

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1) name of authors alphabetically (list all up to 20, then et al) 2) year journal or work was published 3) article title 4) journal title 5) volume # 6) page # 7) DOI

#11
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Research prosess

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1) designing an experimental research study (primary/secondary sources) 2) hypothesis development 3) identification of variables (independent/dependent) 4) study methodology 5) obtaining approval (Human research- IRB), (animal research- IACUC) 6) study subjects (inclusion/exclusion criteria) 7) data collection

#12
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Data analysis and interpretation

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• data analysis (qualitative/quantitative) • interpreting the results • disseminating the findings

#13
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Dissemination of Research

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• professional conferences • technical reports • preprint servers • webinars • peer-reviewed journals

#14
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Basic research

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aims to expand knowledge by either creating a theory, or expanding on a theory; discover new and unknown knowledge

#15
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Applied research

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attempts to solve immediate practical problems

#16
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Quantitative research

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involves numbers, and is usually done for cause and effect

#17
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Qualitative research

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not getting cause and effect from; interpreting phenomenon and trying to discover meaning

#18
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Mixed method research

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uses more than one type or research

#19
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Descriptive research

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describe the state of a problem

#20
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Experimental research

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going to manipulate something to try and find a cause and effect; provide conclusions

#21
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Longitudinal

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looks at change over a long period of time (years, decades)

#22
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Types of Research in ExSci

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• Systematic reviews and Meta analysis (good for learning specific things) • Randomized clinical trials (cause/effect, quantitative) • Survey, interview, and observational (qualitative studies) • Historical (secondary analysis) research

#23
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Systems of the body work to respond to…

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• Physical activity • Regular exercise • Stress • Changes in nutritional intake • Extreme environmental conditions • Disease conditions

#24
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ExSci professionals need…

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• Knowledge of how all systems function (independently and together) • Understanding of systems integration