Final Flashcards
test
an instrument or a tool used to make a particular
measurement; may be oral, written, mechanical
stats
involves the collection, organization, and
analysis of numerical data
measurements
usually though of as quantitative; process
of assigning a number to a performance or an attribute of
a person
evaluation
interpretation of measurement; a judgment
about the measurement
assessment
process; measurement, evaluate, identify, and prescribe
nominal scales
lowest and most elementary; also called categorical; naming level only; no comparisons of categories
ordinal scales
order or rank; no indication of how much better one score is than other
ratio scales
possesses all characteristics of interval scale and has true zero point
t- score values
standard deviation — a mathematical term that calculates how much a result varies from the average or mean
scatter gram
primary uses are to observe and show relationships between two numeric variables. The dots in a scatter plot not only report the values of individual data points, but also patterns when the data are taken as a whole
correlation coefficient
tatistical measure of the strength of the relationship between the relative movements of two variables. The values range between -1.0 and 1.0. … A correlation of -1.0 shows a perfect negative correlation, while a correlation of 1.0 shows a perfect positive correlation
mean
The arithmetic average of a distribution of scores; most
generally used measure of central tendency
median
Score that represents the exact middle of the distribution;
the fiftieth percentile; the score that 50% of the scores are
above and 50% of the scores are below.
mode
Score that occurs most frequently; may have more than
one mode
cardiorespiratory test
ymca step test
6 min walk test
flexibility test
sit and reach
shoulder measure
muscular endurance test
wall sit
body composition test
waist to hip ratio
skin fold caliper
FMS assessment
identify how someone can move through series of movement patterns,
cardiorespiratory
the ability to perform large muscle, whole body physical activity of moderate to high intensity for relatively long periods of time
flexibility
ability to move the body joints through a maximum range of motion without undue strain.
muscular strenth
Ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert maximum force
muscular endurance
Ability of a muscle or muscle group to resist fatigue and to make repeated contractions against a defined submaximal resistance
body composition
Interpreted as referring to body fat weight and lean body weight for measurement purposes
