Authors: Zhu, Weimo; Plowman, Sharon Ann; Park, Youngsik

Source: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Volume 81, Number 4, December 2010 , pp. 400-409(10)

Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

Abstract:

This study evaluated the use of a new primary field test method based on test equating to address inconsistent classification among field tests. We analyzed students' information on the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER), mile run (MR), and VO₂max from three data sets (college: n = 94; middle school: n = 39; elementary school: n = 96). Using the college and elementary school data, the equivalent relationship between PACER and MR scores was first established by the Kernel equating method. This yielded MR scores derived from PACER (mile run PACER equated [MR PEQ]), which were used to predict maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max) and classify students according to the FITNESSGRAM^® Healthy Fitness Zones™. We compared the results to the predictions and classifications based on measured VO₂max, MR, and PACER-predicted VO₂max and cross-validated the relationships using the middle school data. We found the test conversion to be accurate and that the MR PEQ scores functioned similarly to the original MR scores. Both performed better than the original PACER scores in predicting VO₂max and classifying students. The middle school data generally supported these results. The proposed method is accurate and effective in setting a new field test onto the same scale of a primary field test and determining its cut-off scores.

Keywords: CLASSIFICATION; CRITERION-REFERENCE EVALUATION; EQUIVALENT FIELD TESTS; FITNESS TESTING

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5641/027013610X13088600029049

Publication date: 2010-12-01

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