13 Numbers and Statistics in Measurement; Understanding Numbers in Measurement; Introduction to Numbers; Normal Vs. Non-Normal (Non-Standard) Distributions; Measures of Dispersion; 14. Standard Scores; Percent-Based Standard Scores; Z-Scores; Checking a Measurement Technique; 15. Practical Inferential Statistics; Correlations Measure Relationships; Between Variables; Complex Comparisons of Group Means; Probabilities;; 16. Misusing Statistics; Use of Non-Normal Samples; Substituting Statistics for Clear Thinking; Part 3: MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION APPLICATIONS; 17. Measuring in Quantitative Research; Measurement Challenges in Physical Education, Sport, and Exercise Science Research; Challenges in Quantitative Research; Measurement Challenges in Clinical and Epidemiological; Quantitative Research
18 Qualitative Research and Reading Research; Introduction to Qualitative Research; Challenges in Qualitative Research; Reading Research Papers; 19. Measuring Physical Fitness; What Is Physical Fitness? Measuring Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Measuring Muscular Endurance; Measuring Muscular Strength; Fitness Tests for the Elderly Fitness; Tests for Children; Fitness Tests for Differently Abled Individuals; 20. Measuring Body Composition and Range of Motion, and Administering Tests; Measuring Body Composition; Estimates of Body Composition; Additional Body Composition Measures; Measuring Range of Motion; Administering Fitness and Performance Tests; 21. Measuring Exercise and Physical Activity; Measuring Exercise; Section Two: Measuring Physical Activity
22 Measuring Health; The Exercise Prescription; Medical Status/Health History; Fitness Level/Exercise History; Preferences and Interests; Exercise Goals; 23. Measuring Psychomotor Performance and Sports Skills; Using Taxonomies in Human Performance Measurement; Measuring Performance Based on the Psychomotor Taxonomy; Issues in Measuring Human Performance; Administration of Psychomotor Skills Tests; 24. Measuring Skills with Rubrics; Rubrics; 25. Measuring in Sports and Coaching; Measurement Challenges in Competitive Sport; Measuring in Coaching; Measuring in Athletic Training; 26. Alternative Approaches to Measurement and Subjective Measurement; Authentic Assessment; Alternative Assessment Instruments; Alternative Assessment Techniques; 27. Measuring the Affective Doman; Rating Scales
28 Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge; Why Test and Grade?; Planning for Testing and Grading; Devising Cognitive Tests; 29. Creating and Evaluating Tests; Types of Test Questions; Item Analysis for Evaluating Tests; 30. Grading; Options in Physical Education Grading; Methods for Calculating Grades
Evaluating Validity of Criterion-Referenced Measures; Criterion Measure; Balance between Competent and Not Competent; Another Statistic for Evaluating Validity for Criterion-Referenced Tests; 9. Understanding, Calculating, and Evaluating Reliability; Evaluating Reliability Single Test Administration Methods Internal Consistency;; Reliability Evaluating the Reliability of Criterion-Referenced Measurements Appendix 9.A: Calculating the Intraclass Correlation Using Excel 10. Understanding, Calculating, and Evaluating Objectivity; Evaluating Objectivity; 11. Devising Measurements; The Process of Devising a Test; 12. Evaluating New Measurements; Estimating the Validity of a New Measurement; Estimating Reliability Estimating Objectivity; Additional Real-World Measurement and Evaluation; Applications
Evaluating Validity: t-Tests and Correlations; Evaluating Criterion Validity for Continuous Measures; Types of t-Tests; Correlations: Pearson Product-Moment Correlation; Appendix 6.A: Predicting V̇O2max (mL • kg-1 • min-1) from Meters Run, Using Excel; Appendix 6.B: Running a t-Test with Excel Appendix 6.C: Creating a Scatter Plot with Excel before Calculating Correlations Appendix 6.D: Calculating Correlations with Excel69;. Evaluating Validity for Ordinal Measures, and Error Analysis; Spearman's Correlation for Ordinal Numbers; Bland-Altman Error Analysis; Appendix 7.A: Creating a Trendline in Excel; Appendix 7.B: Evaluating Criterion Validity with a Bland-Altman Analysis Using Excel 77.
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS 1. Measurement and Evaluation for Your Personal and Professional Life; The Value of Measurement and Evaluation; Classifications in Measurement and Evaluation; Measurement and Evaluation Applications in Life; 2. The Challenge of Good Measurement: Validity; Measurement Error; Naming Measurement Errors: Validity; 3. Additional Challenges of Good Measurement: Reliability and Objectivity Reliability Objectivity;; 4. Understanding Validity Introduction Types of Validity PART 2: NUMBERS AND STATISTICS IN MEASUREMENT 5. Evaluating Validity: Introduction to Statistics Measures of Central Tendency; Distributions: Normal Distributions and the Normal Curve; Appendix 5.A: Computing Standard Deviation with Excel 47