Does data distribution change as a function of motor skill practice?

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 494-499

  Yan, Jin H ^a   Rodriguez, Ward A ^a   Thomas, Jerry R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Normality; Shapiro Wilk test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESIOLOGY, APPLIED; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBABILITY LEARNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 29744468585     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2005.10599323     Document Type: Article

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