Imagine you are a participant in your classmate walking program.
Examine their response to the data collection questions. Based on this information, explain what types of conclusions could be made from the type of data that your classmate would collect.
Examine why would this data would meet or not meet the program objectives? Suggest one additional measure that could be added to the data collection process that would meet at least one of the stated objectives. (Note: The main goal of this program was to increase the amount of walking completed by the participants.
Other objectives of the program were to enhance the employees' quality of life, decrease the level of aches and pains associated with a sedentary lifestyle, and reduce weight.) Regina
Discussion A vital part of any program implementation is planning and an important part of planning is researching what is needed or desired from the target audience (McKenzie, Neiger, & Thackeray, 2012), therefore a needs assessment would be the first portion of data collected. During the program, there will be data collected to determine if any of the participants have had any issues with the components of the program.
At the end of the 12 months, the participants will be asked if they feel the activity was beneficial, what kind of changes they have experienced and if they are planning to continue incorporating some type of physical activity into their daily lives. Data will be collected via web and paper questionnaires since multiple methods of collecting data has proven to increase response rates (Guise, Chambers, Välimäki, & Makkonen, 2010).
Data will also be collected by observing the participants. This way the participants can be watched to see what they are actually doing instead of having to report their actions to someone (Draper & Swift, 2011).
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