1. Chapter 2 Using Technology in Measurement and Evaluation

2. Measurement Uses of Computers Determine test reliability Determine test validity Calculate numerous statistics Evaluate physiological test performance Evaluate cognitive test results Student assessment Create written test items Test item storage Program evaluation Results

3. The Internet, the World Wide Web, and your textbook

4. Computer Sources in Human Performance, Kinesiology, Physical Education, and Exercise Science Human Kinetics Publishers Champaign, IL The FITNESSGRAM

5. Figure 2.1

6. SPSS®/PASW® Examples of data windows and entry in SPSS/PASW SPSS/PASW data entry Entry via Microsoft Excel®

7. Creating Data Sheets Examples Basketball Racquetball Pedometer Spreadsheets Excel® SPSS®/PASW®

8. Basketball Example How many free throws can you make? Do boys and girls differ? What predicts percentage made?

9. Screen Capture of Basketball Data

10. Screen Capture of Basketball Data— Data View

11. Screen Capture of Basketball Data— Variable View

12. Racquetball Example Can a wall volley test serve as a good criterion measure to determine who should enter intermediate racquetball?

13. Racquetball Diagram 2 extra racquetballs You must always hit the ball from behind the broken line Front Wall The test 4 Trials 30 secs each

14. Excel Racquetball Results

15. PASW Racquetball Results—Data View

16. Pedometers Pedometer 52357

17. Excel—Daily Pedometer Across a Week

18. PASW—Daily Pedometer Across a Week—Data View

19. PASW—Daily Pedometer Across a Week—Variable View

20. Figure 2.2 Screen Capture of SPSS/PASW Data Editor

21. PASW and Excel Data Entry NEW Screen Capture here

22. Figure 2.3a Screen Capture of SPSS/PASW—Variable View NEW Screen Capture here

23. PASW and Excel Data Entry NEW Screen Capture here

24. Figure 2.3b Screen Capture of SPSS/PASW—Data View NEW Screen Capture here

25. PASW and Excel Data Entry NEW Screen Capture here

26. Figure 2.4 Screen Capture of Edit and Save

27. PASW and Excel Data Entry NEW Screen Capture here

28. Figure 2.6 Screen Capture of Blank Excel Data Sheet NEW Screen Capture here

29. PASW and Excel Data Entry NEW Screen Capture here

30. Figure 2.7 Excel Data File of Table 2.1 NEW Screen Capture here

31. PASW and Excel Data Entry

32. Figure 2.8 Opening an Excel Data File in SPSS/PASW

33. PASW and Excel Data Entry

34. Figure 2.9 Accessing an Excel Database to Read Into SPSS/PASW

35. PASW and Excel Data Entry

36. Figure 2.10 Opening an Excel File Into SPSS/PASW

37. PASW and Excel Data Entry

38. Sample Data Sheet

39. Preparing Your Own Data Set Develop a "code book" that has your variables listed and the codes associated with each. For example, Gender Boy = 0; Girl = 1 Group Control = 0; Experimental = 1 While you certainly may use "letters" to code these variables, you will find it better to use numbers only.