ISBN: 9780736045032    Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Year of publishing: 2006     Format:  Hardback No of Pages: 440        

This is a text for post graduate students, researchers and professionals in sport and exercise science. It provides readers with a good grounding of the basics of measurement techniques in physical activity, by focusing on understanding the concept behind techniques. Material covered in the book takes a broad look at measurement issues in the physical domain, including reliability, ethical and technical issues and bias. It also takes an in-depth look at the advanced statistical techniques in measurement, such as structural equation modelling, hierarchical linear modelling and dealing with large and small data sets.
Read less

Terry Wood is currently Emeritus Associate Professor at the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Oregon State University. He has over 20 years experience in teaching, researching and practicing measurement techniques in kinesiology. Weimo Zhu is currently an associate professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His major area of research is measurement and evaluation in kinesiology.
Read less