Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Activity Applications

Exercise Science, Physical Education, Coaching, Athletic Training, and Health
3. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-71949-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

This book offers a student-friendly introduction to the principles and practice of measurement and evaluation. Spanning applications in exercise science, sport performance, physical education, coaching, training, health, and physical/occupational therapy, the book includes chapters on the key principles underlying good measurement practice.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bishop, Phillip

Snarr, Ron

Peveler, Will

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Trainingswissenschaft, Sportunterricht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Measurement and Evaluation for Your Personal and Professional Life

2. The Challenge of Good Measurement: Validity

3. Additional Challenges of Good Measurement: Reliability and Objectivity

4. Understanding Validity

5. Evaluating Validity: Introduction to Statistics

6. Evaluating Validity: T-Tests and Correlations

7. Evaluating Validity for Ordinal Measures, and Error Analysis

8. Evaluating the Validity of Criterion-Referenced Measures

9. Understanding, Calculating, and Evaluating Reliability

10. Understanding, Calculating, and Evaluating Objectivity

11. Devising Measurements

12. Evaluating New Measurements

13. Numbers and Statistics in Measurement

14. Standard Scores

15. Practical Inferential Statistics

16. Misusing Statistics

17. Measuring In Quantitative Research

18. Qualitative Research and Reading Research

19. Measuring Physical Fitness

20. Measuring Body Composition and Range of Motion, and Administering Tests

21. Measuring Exercise and Physical Activity

22.  Measuring Health

23. Measuring Psychomotor Performance and Sports Skills

24. Measuring Skills with Rubrics

25. Measuring in Sports and Coaching

26. Alternative Approaches to Measurement and Subjective Measurement

27. Measuring the Affective Domain

28. Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge

29. Creating and Evaluating Cognitive Tests no references

30. Grading

Über Autor(innen)

Ronald Snarr, PhD is an Associate Professor of Exercise Science at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, USA. His current research interests include high-intensity interval training, instability training, electromyography, body composition, as well as adapted and tactical athlete performance. He has published over 75 peer-reviewed manuscripts, was co-editor of the 3rd Edition of the NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, and has presented at multiple national and regional conferences. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACMS), certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS,*D), Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT*D), Tactical Strength & Conditioning Facilitator (TSAC-F*D) and Certified Exercise Physiologist (EP-C) with 15+ years of experience working with athletes at the Olympic, professional, and collegiate levels.

Will Peveler, PhD serves as a Professor in Exercise Science at Liberty University, USA with over 20 years of teaching experience. His field of study is exercise science, and he has specialised in this area with a focus on physiological and biomechanical factors that affect human performance in both sport performance and combat operations. He has an extensive background in the sports of cycling, running, triathlon and mixed martial arts.

Phil Bishop, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Exercise Science at the Univ. of Alabama, USA. During his 33 years as a University teacher he published >200 refereed papers, made over 400 professional presentations and chaired 52 Ph.D. dissertations, all of this providing an excellent foundation for writing on applied statistics. Currently he works for Cru, travelling around the USA and the world speaking on professional and spiritual topics.