4.2 - Preparation and training methods Flashcards
What does quantitative data contain?
Factual info and numerical data.
What type of data do most fitness tests use?
Quantitative.
What does qualitative data contain?
People’s feelings, opinions and emotions.
What is an example of a qualitative method?
Borg scale.
What is the Borg scale?
A qualitative method of rating perceived exertion (RPE).
What is rating perceived exertion (RPE)?
Simply giving an opinion about how hard you feel your body is working during exercise.
What are the common 2 RPE scales?
15-point scale and 9-point scale.
What does a 15-point scale of RPE go to and from?
6-20
No exertion to exhaustion
How do you analyse quantitatively?
Compare scores to other people or standardised tables.
How do you analyse qualitatively?
Make judgements on the scores
What is objective data based upon?
Facts and is measurable.
Are maximal fitness tests objective or subjective?
Objective
How reliable is objective data?
Very
What does objective mean?
Involves facts.
What is subjective behaviour based upon?
Personal opinions, assumptions, interpretations and beliefs.
Are sub-maximal tests objective or subjective?
Subjective
What type of data can cause problems with accuracy and objectivity and why?
Subjective data because it relies of data that is predictive or estimated.
What does subjective mean?
Involves opinion.
What is the Harvard step test?
This involves stepping up and down on a bench to a set rhythm for 5 minutes. Recovery heart rates are then recorded.
Is the Harvard step test objective or subjective?
Subjective
What are the 2 questions that are important to consider when assessing the validity of a fitness test?
Is the research method relevant and does it do exactly what it sets out to do?
Is the test sport-specific?
What does validity mean in terms of fitness testing?
When the test actually measures what it sets out to do.
WHat does reliability mean in terms of fitness testing?
Means the test can be repeated accurately.
What is a reliable test?
One where the results are consistent and can be repeated with the same outcome.