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The Method Section | Assignment

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The Method Section | Assignment

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THE METHOD SECTION1MethodsThe study included participants from South Australia who used bicycles to either go to work or in doing their daily cores. A sample of thirty participants was selected using the random sampling method. This method was selected because it gives every participant a chance to be included in the study and hence reduces bias in any study (Fraley & Hudson, 2014). Also, the random sampling method is based on probability hence the researcher is able to choose participants in a simple way by just assigning unique numbers then choosing the participants based on the probability and this process saves a lot of time.The participants chosen were aged between twelve to forty five-years of age and they hadbeen cycling for at least one hour each day hence the sample included participants who were used to cycling but what differed is the number of hours each participant cycled per day. The health back ground of the participants was first examined to meet the requirements for the study. All the participants were not supposed to have any health problems diseases related to obesity. This requirement was necessary because it would help to get healthy participants hence the results of the study would be very reliable.The data collected was numerical since the study was quantitative. Many scholars encourage the use of numerical data in quantitative studies because its analysis is very simple and it allows comparison hence leading to scientific conclusions which are reliable (Treiman, 2014). Questioners were used as the main tool for data collection. Those questioners were hand delivered to the participants and all the questions included were aimed at collecting scale data. the participants were supposed to record the duration they cycle every day in hours and then their
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