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- Title
Practically relevant research: capturing real world tasks, environments, and outcomes.
- Authors
Czaja, Sara J; Sharit, Joseph
- Abstract
Development of strategies to optimize the functional performance of older adults requires understanding the behavior of older people doing tasks in real-world settings and capturing these interactions in research protocols. This is a major challenge as there is some degree of tension between capturing the contextual variables and constraints that operate in the real world and the scale of research that can be realistically conducted within controlled experimental settings. This article presents a research approach that can be used to help ensure the ecological validity of research protocols. The intent is to demonstrate how an ecologically valid approach affords greater insight into the performance of older adults in real world settings.
- Publication
The Gerontologist, 2003, Vol 43 Spec No 1, p9
- ISSN
0016-9013
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/geront/43.suppl_1.9