Validity Of Soviet Physical Fitness Tests Administered To Texas Secondary School Students
Abstract
The present study attempted to investigate a number of Soviet “PWD” Physical Fitness Tests in terms of their validity for describing the physical fitness levels of a sample population of Texas secondary school students. The evaluation of the test items is based on the performances by the subjects, their intercorrelations and chi square statistical considerations with the following items selected as "operational" criterion variables: the Astrand-Rhyming Aerobic Work Capacity Test, Vertical Jump, Two Hand Medicine Ball Put, 2 Minute Sit-ups, Flexed Arm Hang, 1.5 Mile Run-Walk, body weight and age. Interesting correlations and significant chi square relationships between other test items are discussed. Table I lists the administered tests and the components of fitness they attempt to measure. What do the Soviet tests measure and how well are these components measured?
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the degree of relationship between selected items of the Soviet "PWD" Physical Fitness Test and those tests used as criterion variables.
The objectives of the investigation were as follows:
1. To compare selected items from the Soviet and Texas Physical Fitness Tests in terms of describing the fitness levels of a population.
2. To determine the components of physical fitness the Soviet "PWD" items attempt to measure.
3. To determine what percentage of the sample of Texas secondary school students might score within the Soviet “PWD" award norms.
4. To evaluate the validity of the selected "PWD" items using the tests common to both age groups as "operational" criterion variables.
Description
Program year: 1976/1977Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Subject
Physical Fitness TestsSoviet "PWD"
secondary school students
Texas
physical performance
criterion variables
Citation
Heffner, Kyle D. (1977). Validity Of Soviet Physical Fitness Tests Administered To Texas Secondary School Students. University Undergraduate Fellow. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -HartinO _1979.