KIN 3502 Final Study Guide+ Questions and Correct
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Kinesmetrics - ANS Measure and Evaluation in Kinesiology
*To make informed decisions about the accuracy and truthfulness of measurements
obtained and the decisions based on human performance measurements. - ANS Why do
we care about tests and measurements?
Measurement - ANS Act of assessing; some kind of quantifiable number to use to depict
that kind of measurement (# of steps, pounds)
-objective
Test - ANS physiological, psychological, oral or written measurement tool
Evaluation - ANS Measures the merit, goodness, or how accurate a test or measurement
is
(150 minutes of PA/week for adults)
Norm-referenced
Criterion-referenced
Formative
Summative - ANS 4 main types of referenced perspective evaluation:
Norm-Referenced Standard - ANS -Population based; reference the findings of the
population
-Performance compares with that of others
,Norm-Referenced Standards - ANS These are examples of:
SAT
GRE
IQ
ACT
Criterion-Referenced Standard - ANS -A goal/performance is relative to a criterion that
you are trying to achieve-- not interested in comparison with others
The criterion comes from population based standards
Criterion-Referenced Standards - ANS These are examples of:
Drivers License Exam
Board of Certification Exam
Content Mastery
The 10,000 step count criteria as a standard when it comes to amount of steps an adult
should get each day
Formative Evaluation - ANS Preliminary or ongoing assessment(s) that gives us an idea
how a program or a class is going
Track changes
Done in the *beginning* and then sometimes during the program
Summative Evaluation - ANS Evaluation taken at the *end* of the program
,This is the end result-- grade in a class
Placement
Diagnosis
Prediction
Motivation
Achievement
Program evaluation - ANS 6 purposes of evaluation:
Descriptive Statistics - ANS Provide you with mathematical summaries of performance
and performance characteristics
-Performance Characteristics --- amount of variability in the data set
-Characteristics of the distribution --- skewness, symmetry
Percentiles - ANS Represents the percent of observations at or below a given score
*NORM-REFERENCED*
(0-100)
Measures of Central Tendency - ANS Where the scores tend to center
A score that best represents all of the scores: Mean, Median, Mode
Normal Curve - ANS ___ curve occurs frequently in nature and occurs due to the central
limit theorem
, Central Limit Theorem - ANS a sum of random numbers becomes normally distributed
as more and more of the random numbers are added together (Smith, 1997).
Randomness leads to Gaussian distributions
Mean - ANS Average
*MOST STABLE AND RELIABLE*
(may not be representative of skewed data sets)
Median - ANS Middle score (50th percentile)
Order numbers from high to low and take middle number
*GREAT FOR SKEWED DATA*
Mode - ANS Most frequently observed score
Easily obtained
MOST UNSTABLE FOR CENTRAL TENDENCY
There can be more than one
Distribution Shapes - ANS Skewness +1 to -1
Negatively Skewed Data - ANS
Positively Skewed Data - ANS
Kurtosis - ANS the peakedness or flatness of a distribution of data is centered
Answers
Kinesmetrics - ANS Measure and Evaluation in Kinesiology
*To make informed decisions about the accuracy and truthfulness of measurements
obtained and the decisions based on human performance measurements. - ANS Why do
we care about tests and measurements?
Measurement - ANS Act of assessing; some kind of quantifiable number to use to depict
that kind of measurement (# of steps, pounds)
-objective
Test - ANS physiological, psychological, oral or written measurement tool
Evaluation - ANS Measures the merit, goodness, or how accurate a test or measurement
is
(150 minutes of PA/week for adults)
Norm-referenced
Criterion-referenced
Formative
Summative - ANS 4 main types of referenced perspective evaluation:
Norm-Referenced Standard - ANS -Population based; reference the findings of the
population
-Performance compares with that of others
,Norm-Referenced Standards - ANS These are examples of:
SAT
GRE
IQ
ACT
Criterion-Referenced Standard - ANS -A goal/performance is relative to a criterion that
you are trying to achieve-- not interested in comparison with others
The criterion comes from population based standards
Criterion-Referenced Standards - ANS These are examples of:
Drivers License Exam
Board of Certification Exam
Content Mastery
The 10,000 step count criteria as a standard when it comes to amount of steps an adult
should get each day
Formative Evaluation - ANS Preliminary or ongoing assessment(s) that gives us an idea
how a program or a class is going
Track changes
Done in the *beginning* and then sometimes during the program
Summative Evaluation - ANS Evaluation taken at the *end* of the program
,This is the end result-- grade in a class
Placement
Diagnosis
Prediction
Motivation
Achievement
Program evaluation - ANS 6 purposes of evaluation:
Descriptive Statistics - ANS Provide you with mathematical summaries of performance
and performance characteristics
-Performance Characteristics --- amount of variability in the data set
-Characteristics of the distribution --- skewness, symmetry
Percentiles - ANS Represents the percent of observations at or below a given score
*NORM-REFERENCED*
(0-100)
Measures of Central Tendency - ANS Where the scores tend to center
A score that best represents all of the scores: Mean, Median, Mode
Normal Curve - ANS ___ curve occurs frequently in nature and occurs due to the central
limit theorem
, Central Limit Theorem - ANS a sum of random numbers becomes normally distributed
as more and more of the random numbers are added together (Smith, 1997).
Randomness leads to Gaussian distributions
Mean - ANS Average
*MOST STABLE AND RELIABLE*
(may not be representative of skewed data sets)
Median - ANS Middle score (50th percentile)
Order numbers from high to low and take middle number
*GREAT FOR SKEWED DATA*
Mode - ANS Most frequently observed score
Easily obtained
MOST UNSTABLE FOR CENTRAL TENDENCY
There can be more than one
Distribution Shapes - ANS Skewness +1 to -1
Negatively Skewed Data - ANS
Positively Skewed Data - ANS
Kurtosis - ANS the peakedness or flatness of a distribution of data is centered
