Qualitative vs Quantitative DataI chose to do a mixed-method study throughout my research action study to answer my driving question: "What effect does tracking nutrition digitally have on student behavior and success?"
This means I will be utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. I will collect my qualitative data by first giving each of my students a pre and post-test: this will give me an understanding their depth knowledge about nutrition, health, and exercise prior to the treatment and will tell me whether students gained additional knowledge about nutrition. Second, throughout the study students will record their every meal, snack and exercise routine with an app on their phone called “MyfitnessPal”. Students will be scored on their nutritional tracking with a rubric. Third I will collect behavior referral information so that I can compare their tracking score. To collect quantitative data I simply plan to give my students an opportunity for reflection of the process. I will utilize descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze the information and to see if there is a correlation between nutrition and referral rates
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Kendra Parsons
4/8/2018 06:32:39 pm
I am so interested to see how this turns out. I really think nutrition and wellness is something we do not focus on enough in school. Do you have specific reflection questions for them to answer? I hope that they enjoy tracking their activity and that it helps them become more aware of what they are eating and how much they exercise.
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James Macariola
4/9/2018 02:42:37 pm
I agree with Kendra. Your study is exciting and I would like to know the results. However, what is your qualitative data collecting? Are there any free response questions? Do you have them stating their opinion maybe on their food choices?
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