Development and calibration of an instrument measuring barriers to physically active physical education classes

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Kulinna, Pamela Hodges ^a   Martin, J J ^a   Zhu, W ^a   Reed, B ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Public health; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; TEACHING;

EID: 0035998115     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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