Observation {Observation}

Collect and Process Physical Activity Direct Observation Data

Description

This provides a free and easy way to document and annotate physical activity behaviors using direct observation.

Core functions

data_collection_program

compendium_reference

Associated References

Hibbing PR, Ellingson LD, Dixon PM, & Welk GJ (2018). Adapted Sojourn Models to Estimate Activity Intensity in Youth: A Suite of Tools. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 50(4), 846-854. doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000001486.

Note

'Observation' functions accept further arguments that are passed to functions from the 'svDialogs' package. Doing so may improve your experience using the 'Observation' package. See the package vignette for more information.

Examples

# Example of non-interactive use
data(example_data)
compendium_reference(example_data, FALSE, kids = "yes", mvpa = "yes")

# Example of interactive use
if (interactive()) {
  observation_data <- data_collection_program()
  full_data <- compendium_reference(observation_data)
}