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As you develop the project, keep in mind that our focus in research is inquiry, not argumentation. Argumentation is a worthy area of study and is a focus of other courses you may take at the university. In your research project, however, your primary goal is to explore your research question with depth and sophistication rather than to persuade an audience of a particular viewpoint. While you will need to propose some sort of answer to your question in the final version of your project, that answer may be tentative. It may, for example, point in the direction of further questions and further research. It may identify contradictions in your research that are at this time irresolvable. Again, in writing this paper, focus on exploring, interpreting, and synthesizing ideas rather than on “defending” a thesis.
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Running head: DO FITNESS TRACKERS IMPROVE HEALTH?
Do Fitness Trackers Improve Health?
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DO FITNESS TRACKERS IMPROVE HEALTH?
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Do Fitness Trackers Improve Health?
Fitness trackers, also known as activity trackers are wearable devices that keep track of
changes in fitness parameters including distance covered by an individual either by walking or
running, calorie consumed in a meal, heartbeat, and quality of sleep. ABI Research predicts that
approximately 13 million devices would be adopted in corporate wellness programs in the
United States (Wooldridge, 2014). Most trackers use the heart rate as a function of calories burnt
and motion sensors for distance and speed of movement. The common belief is that technology
encourages users to adopt healthier habits such as taking enough water in a day, eating healthy,
and exercising enough. Nevertheless, some critics doubt the effectiveness of the devices. Most
important is the question of accuracy. As the technology becomes common, it is essential to
evaluate the significant impact of the trackers to the user’s health.
Buyer motivation
Wearable trackers may be worn for fashion like any jewelry or watch as well as health
monitors. The motivation behind the decision to purchase vary from one individual to another.
However, according to Woods, the sale of fitness trackers to smartwatches are in the ratio of 3:1
in favor of the trackers. However, the functionality gap between smartwatches an...