Fitness testing Flashcards
What are the four fitness testing domains?
- Endurance
- Cardio respiratory
- Flexibility
- Strength
Testing is where initial Decisions are made regarding the exercise prescription of such issues as
Frequency, intensity, volume.
What is population?
An entire group of individuals sharing some common characteristics
What is the subpopulation?
A smaller sample taken from the overall population of a study
What is a test?
A tool used to measure performance
What is measurements?
A quantitative score derive from the test.
Sit in reach is an example of what testing
Flexibility testing
Beep test, vo2 ,Max cycle test are samples of what type of testing
Cardio and respiratory testing
Placing a value on the measurement derived from the test is
Evaluation
What is the most important aspect of any assessment procedure
Validity
Face, content, predictive, concurrent, construct. Are major types of?
Types of validity
What is face validity?
States that the test is logical on the surface
What is content validity?
States that the test includes material that has been taught or covered
What is predictive validity?
States that the test scores can accurately predict future performance
What is concurrent validity?
States that the test is a measure of the individuals current performance level
What is construct validity?
States that the tests measure some part of the whole skill
Is the ability of a test to arrive at or near the same score a pot and repeated measurements in the absence of any intervention strategy
Reliability
What is reliability
test should result in constant scores
What is person R
Is that was his reliability on a continual ranging between 1.0 and -1.0
Initial fitness assessments should include
Medical
Physicians release
Nutrition information
Needs analysis
