The purpose of this text is to help the physical education, exercise science, or kinesiology major develop the necessary confidence and skills to conduct measurement techniques properly and effectively. However, more than just measurement techniques are presented. Emphasis is placed upon the reasons for the measurement and the responsibilities after measurement is completed. These inclusions should help the student develop an appreciation of the need for measurement in a variety of settings. In addition, every effort has been made to present all the material in an uncomplicated way, and only practical measurement techniques are included.
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Helps physical education, exercise science, or kinesiology major develop the necessary confidence and skills to conduct measurement techniques properly and effectively.
1 Measurement, Evaluation, Assessment, and Statistics2 Describing and Presenting a Distribution of Scores3 Investigating the Relationship of Scores4 Investigating the Difference in Scores5 What is a Good Test?6 Construction of Knowledge Tests7 Assessing and Grading the Students8 Construction and Administration of Psychomotor Tests9 Agility10 Balance11 Cardiorespiratory Fitness12 Flexibility13 Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Power14 Anthropometry and Body Composition15 Physical Fitness16 Older Adult17 Special-Needs Populations18 Sports SkillsAppendix A Square Root ExampleAppendix B Values of the Correlation (r)Appendix C Critical Values of t (Two-Tailed Test)Appendix D F-DistributionAppendix E Values of the Studentized Range (q)
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780078022685
Publisert
2013-02-16
Utgave
7. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
McGraw Hill Higher Education
Vekt
714 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
211 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
320

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Biographical note

Dr. David Miller is a Professor of Physical Education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Dr. Miller is published in professional journals, has coauthored one book, and authored two books. He has taught a measurement and evaluation course for 40 years.