Description |
xii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction / Terry M. Wood -- Ch. 2. Validity / David A. Rowe and Matthew T. Mahar -- Ch. 3. Reliability and error of measurement / Ted A. Baumgartner -- Ch. 4. Constructing tests using item response theory / Weimo Zhu -- Ch. 5. Ethical issues in measurement / Patricia Patterson -- Ch. 6. Scaling, equating, and linking to make measures interpretable / Weimo Zhu -- Ch. 7. Item bias and differential item functioning / Allan Cohen -- Ch. 8. Computerized adaptive testing / Richard C. Gershon and Betty A. Bergstrom -- Ch. 9. Structural equation modeling and its applications in exercise science research / Fuzhong Li and Peter Harmer -- Ch. 10. Repeated measures and longitudinal data analysis / Ilhyeok Park and Robert W. Schutz -- Ch. 11. Analyzing very large or very small data sets / Weimo Zhu and Anre Venter -- Ch. 12. Current issues in physical education / Terry M. Wood -- Ch. 13. Measuring physical activity / Michael J. LaMonte, Barbara E. Ainsworth and Jared P. Reis |
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Ch. 14. Epidemiology and physical activity / Richard A. Washburn, Rod K. Dishman and Gregory Heath -- Ch. 15. Measurement issues in the clinical setting / Marilyn A. Looney -- Ch. 16. Preemployment physical testing / Andrew S. Jackson |
Notes |
Outgrowth of: Measurement concepts in physical education and exercise science. c1989 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-418) and index |
Subject |
Physical fitness -- Testing.
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Physical education and training -- Evaluation.
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Physical Fitness -- physiology.
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Exertion -- physiology
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Kinesiology, Applied.
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Mathematical Computing.
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Physical Education and Training.
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Author |
Wood, Terry M., 1949-
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Zhu, Weimo, 1955-
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LC no. |
2005028906 |
ISBN |
9780736045032 (hbk.) |
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0736045031 (hbk.) |
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