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Stats Test
Statistics, Evalation, and Measurements - Boise State University Fall 2012
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Fitness
Undergraduate 3
10/11/2012

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Term
What do we measure?
Definition
motor ability
organic development
acquisition of knowledge
social and emotional development
Term
Motor Ability
Definition
agility
balance
power
rhythm
speed and reaction
general movement ability
kinesthetic perception
Term
Organic Development
Definition
physical fitness
-body comp
-cardiovascular capacity
-flexibility
-muscular strength and endurance
Term
Acquisition of Knowledge
Definition
the body
fitness components
value of exercise
sports
performance proficiency
Term
Social/Emotional Development
Definition
sportsmanship
personal character
leadership
interpersonal interaction
attitudes towards healthy lifestyles
Term
Evaluation
Definition
interpretation of score (number)
making judgements about the results of measurements in terms of objectives (grading, diagnosing, monitoring injury)
Term
Formative Evaluation
Definition
takes place periodically throughout the instructional/rehabilitation process
Term
Summative Evaluation
Definition
evaluation at the end of instruction/rehabilitation
Term
Test and what whats a good test?
Definition
device for obtaining a sample of an individual behavior
measures what it is supposed to measure, with consistency, using appropriate scoring
-validity
-reliability
-objectivity
Term
Validity
Definition
degree to which a test measures what is supposed to be measured
Term
Reliability
Definition
degree of consistency exhibited by a measure
Term
Objectivity
Definition
degree to which two or more scores agree on the score of a given test
Term
Order
Definition
larger number represents a larger amount of an attribute or ability being measured
Term
Distance
Definition
there are equal distances between measurement units
Term
Origin
Definition
somewhere in the series there is a zero, which represents a total absence of the attribute being measured
Term
Nominal Scale Example
Definition
Football player jersey
no order
no distance
no origin
Term
Ordinal Scale Example
Definition
Rank of team
has order
no distance
no origin
Term
Interval Scale Example
Definition
Temperature
has order
has distance
no origin (0 means something)
Term
Ratio
Definition
weight
has order
has distance
has origin
Term
Nominal Scale
Definition
numbers/scores are in terms of categorical characteristics rather than quantitative
male=1 female=2 etc.
Term
Ordinal Scale
Definition
numbers/scores represent rank order
finishing places in a race, team ranking
Term
Interval Scale
Definition
numbers/scores have meaningful order/unit
unit is equal distance
zero has meaning
temperature, pull-up test
Term
Ratio Scale
Definition
zero represents nothing about the attribute being measured
speed, acceleration, distance, game score
Term
Gender
Definition
nominal
Term
race/ethnicity
Definition
nominal
Term
body weight
Definition
ratio
Term
body height
Definition
ratio
Term
socioeconomic status
Definition
ordinal or nominal depending on question
Term
SAT score
Definition
interval
Term
coronary incident
Definition
nominal
Term
VO2 max
Definition
ratio
Term
blood pressure
Definition
ratio
Term
Categorical data
Definition
nominal data
ordinal data
Term
Continuous data
Definition
interval data
ratio data
Term
Frequency Distribution
Definition
method of organizing data with two characteristics
-scores have meaningful order
-categories are mutually exclusive
Term
Range=
Definition
largest score-smallest score
(add 1 (measurement unit) or not)
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