Key terms used in Lab conditions and field tests

Question 1

What is quantitative data?

Answer 1

• Objective data.
• It is about a quantity- it can be measured and written down with numbers.
• Contains factual information and numerical data.
• Data can be used or compared.

Question 2

Sports tests that produce quantitative data

Answer 2

1. 12 min Cooper run
   - Run for 12 mins and record your distance.
   - Compare your time (quantitative data) against a standardised table.
2. Multistage fitness test
   - Run intervals of 20 metres until you fail to make the beep.
   - Record and compare against standardised tables.

Question 3

What is qualitative data?

Answer 3

• Subjective data.
• Looks at feelings, opinions and emotions (means its subject to change).
• ‘What was the quality of the effort’.

Question 4

Sports test that produce qualitative data

Answer 4

1. Borg scale
   - Looks at a ‘rating of perceived exertion’.

Question 5

What is validity?

Answer 5

• Is the test testing what it should be testing?
• Is it sport/skill specific?

How accurately a method measures what it intends to measure.

Question 6

What is reliability?

Answer 6

• Can the test be repeated and the same results be produced?
• Is it consistent?

Question 7

How can we ensure that a test is reliable?

Answer 7

1. The experience of the trainer.
2. The motivation levels of the performer.
3. Testing procedure- is it correct?
4. Repetition of the test to avoid human error.