Examination of scale of coaching performance with the NCAA sample

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-197

  Chen, Li ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaching evaluation; Confirmatory factor analysis; Factorial validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; TEACHING; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141705693     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327841MPEE0703_04     Document Type: Article

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