REC 270Research Design Applicable to Leisure Studies

Faculty: Health
Last listed: Spring 2020

No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2020. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.

In the course catalog from Winter 2020 to Spring 2020; Open Data has no classes for it in that time.

An introduction to the methods and techniques of research as applied to leisure studies and services. General consideration will be given to the technical issues involved in various stages of research with emphasis on the logic underlying the research process.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: Second year or higher AHS students.

In today’s calendar

SMF 220 lists it as an antirequisite
SMF 400 lists it in its requisites
SMF 404 lists it in its requisites
SMF 494 lists it in its requisites
SMF 496 lists it in its requisites
SMF 499A lists it in its requisites
SWREN 251R lists it as an antirequisite

Reviewed on UW Flow

80% liked it84% easy95% useful

From 20 ratings and 7 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

Alot of theory! but useful for research purposes! Pay attention!

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Though it originally seemed like it was going to be a bit dry, this class was actually very useful and interesting.

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Veeery easy

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Good class, But i don't want to get into research at all, so kind of useless for me

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a lot of work but good skills to learn. as long as you keep up with the work it's ok

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Fall 2017

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Undergraduate Calendar, 2019–20Its last calendar entry, on ucalendar
Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
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In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1972–73 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

1989–90 to 1994–95 6 calendars

An introduction to the methods and techniques of research as applied to leisure studies and services. General consideration will be given to the technical problems involved in various stages of research methodology with emphasis on the logic underlying the research process.

Prereq: Second-year standing

Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

Not in the 1985–86 to 1988–89 calendars.

1972–73 to 1984–85 13 calendars

Another title: Statistical Techniques Applied to Leisure Studies, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and the interpretation of data. A major consideration of the course is the use of Statistics in the solution of problems in recreation and leisure.

Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit