A reliability study of the CAHPER fitness-performance test
Date
1970
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Crawford, Gerald Lyn
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Abstract
The reliability of each of the six test items of the CAHPER Fitness-Performance Teat was examined in this study. Subjects were 80 grade eight boys with a mean age of 166 months as of May 1, 1970.
The study was divided into two parts. The first determined the reliability coefficients by a test-retest procedure for each of the items when administered in the manner prescribed by the manual. The second part attempted to increase the reliability coefficients by varying the administrative technique and attempting to increase motivation.
In addition to calculating reliability coefficients two other points were investigated. First, the means of the test and retest scores were examined to determine whether or not there had been any practice effect. Second, an analysis of variance was performed to teat for order effects resulting from different orders of administering the test items.
Four of the teat items, administered in conformity with the instructions of the test manual, produced test reliabilities below the level of .80 considered acceptable for use in individual measurement. Part II obtained increases in the reliability coefficients of all but one item. Only three, however, equalled or exceeded .80. Practice effects were not discernible in either part of the study and the order of rotation through the events did not affect the scores achieved.
The experimental findings are discussed in terms of the use of the test battery by physical educators and in terms of their possible implications for further research.