5. Research Questions: Are Conservatives or Liberals more fit.? Is one political ideology more physically fit than the other? Political Ideology Fitness level?
9. Physical Fitness: VO2 max score Beep Test 0 dead 100 Highest Respiratory Fitness in history
10. Physical Fitness ScoreVO2 max http://www.topendsports.com/testing/beepcalc.htm Online calculation yields score: oxygen in (ml/kg/min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQC9pcnHtvg Example video
13. Conservatism/Liberalism score. Group R2 Conservatism/Liberalism score. Group R2 Scoring is very simple for this questionnaire. Add up the values for the odd and even questions The higher the score, the more conservative the attitudes. 100 being most Conservative 0 being most Liberal
25. cum hoc ergo propter hoc Correlation is merely a step in the process of answering my research question definitively
26. Intervening Relationships An intervening variable falls in time between the independent and dependent variable and has a causal relationship with the dependent variable and independent variable. Independent variable Intervening Variable Dependent Variable Heat Increased Drowning Deaths Increased Water Activity Participation
29. Proposed hypothesis of anticipated subsequent study.Hypothesis: Conservatism causes Rigidity which in turn causes Physical Fitness
30. According to a thorough study conducted by Fielding, Katula, and Miller in 2007 adherence to physical activity causes better health and higher fitness.
32. Test group Control Group Random sampling from same conditions Tested highly Conservative individuals
33. Communal Living Situation This should be a control for most problematic factors. It will defiantly rule out the majority of practical concerns.
34. Standardizing and logging fitness for each individual with comparison to their planned goals ought confirm that the proven high levels of Conservative rigidity do in fact apply to Fitness regiments which in turn delivers the proven result of better health and pristine fitness.
35. Conclusion Exploratory Study Indicates Conservatives are more Physically Fit. Or the Physically Fit are more conservative.