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Measurement by the Physical Educator: Why and How

Measurement by the Physical Educator: Why and How

7th Edition
By David Miller
ISBN10: 0078022681
ISBN13: 9780078022685
Copyright: 2014
09780078022685

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1 Measurement, Evaluation, Assessment, and Statistics

2 Describing and Presenting a Distribution of Scores

3 Investigating the Relationship of Scores

4 Investigating the Difference in Scores

5 What is a Good Test?

6 Construction of Knowledge Tests

7 Assessing and Grading the Students

8 Construction and Administration of Psychomotor Tests

9 Agility

10 Balance

11 Cardiorespiratory Fitness

12 Flexibility

13 Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Power

14 Anthropometry and Body Composition

15 Physical Fitness

16 Older Adult

17 Special-Needs Populations

18 Sports Skills

Appendix A Square Root Example

Appendix B Values of the Correlation (r)

Appendix C Critical Values of t (Two-Tailed Test)

Appendix D F-Distribution

Appendix E Values of the Studentized Range (q)

About the Author

David Miller

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.