QUEENSLAND INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY 1002HSL: Introduction to Research ASSIGNMENT 1: QUALITATIVE STUDY OF REASONS FOR (NON) PARTICIPATION

IN PHYSICAL RECREATION Due Date Week 7 In Tutorial Assignment Weighting 30% Assignment Marks (Total 30) Components: 1. Presentation of results and drawing conclusions - style of results, structure of results, appropriateness of conclusions 2. Overall - structure of report, overall presentation, clarity of expression, literature review, methodology Assignment Task You are to conduct a study to find out why people are not engaging in regular physically active recreation. The full dataset for the study is available on request from the Convenor. The focus of your assignment will be to: Examine the responses of single women that dont participate in active physical recreation with single men that dont participate in active physical recreation? Fourteen cases have been selected from which you are to examine each to determine if there are differences between the reasons single men and women do not exercise.

Format of Assignment Report Title Page plus up to 6 pages, and 1 reference list, 1.5 line spacing, 12 point font Objectives and Research Questions Describe the objectives of the qualitative study. Provide a literature review around 300-400 words (3 references) relating to reasons why women and men are not exercising, highlighting differences between gender. List the research questions that your analysis will answer. More details will be provided in the tutorials.

Research Methods Describe the research methods used in the study. Important aspects of the methods section include: The methodology used; Analysis - how the data were analysed.

Description of Types of Reasons Present a 'realistic report' (see lecture notes) with rich description of the main reason themes. Highlight and discuss differences between groups of respondents if you sought them.

Conclusions from Analyses Present in several sentences the general conclusions of your analyses. Handing in Material More information regarding the completion of this assignment will be given in your tutorials.