Correcting a Historical Error about Female Participation in Training Studies Before 1975

Nuzzo, James L.

doi:10.1080/00336297.2020.1760900

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“…Some articles on females as participants in ESS research have not accurately represented history. Quest recently published a paper (Nuzzo, 2020a) that revealed a historical error made by Ainsworth and Todor-Locke (2005) about female participants in exercise training studies. Ainsworth and Todor-Locke ( 2005) stated (a) the first training study published in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES) that focused on women was by Wallace (1975) and (b) females were rarely the focus of RQES studies published prior to Title IX in the 1970s.…”

Section: Historical Data and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Volunteer Bias and Female Participation in Exercise and Sports Science Research

Nuzzo

2021

Quest

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In 1973, Harriet Williams published in Quest on volunteer bias (selfselection bias) in kinesiology research. Williams' evidence-based commentary included a discussion on sex differences in volunteerism. More recently, some exercise and sports scientists (ESS) have suggested investigator bias explains the lower proportion of female than male participants in ESS research. Here, I explain volunteer bias warrants consideration in contemporary discussions on female participation in ESS research. I discuss sex differences in willingness to participate in certain research and how this corresponds to sex differences in personality traits and interests. I explain that sex differences in disease prevalence and physical activity participation also likely contribute to sex differences in ESS research participation. I conclude that, moving forward, evidence-based historical interpretations of female participation in ESS research are required, and future research should seek to establish a causal model of ESS research participation that considers both investigator and volunteer bias.

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Section: Historical Data and Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%