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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Scruggs, Philip W.; Mungen, Jonathan D.; Oh, Yoonsin – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine agreement between the Walk4Life DUO pedometer (W4L; Walk4Life, Plainfield, Illinois, USA) and two criterion instruments in the measurement of physical activity. Participants (N = 189, M = 16.74 years, SD = 0.99) in high school physical education concurrently wore the DUO (i.e., comparison instrument) and…
Descriptors: Measurement Equipment, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, High School Students
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Baumgartner, Ted A. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2009
Practitioners can benefit from using norms, but they often have to develop their own percentile rank and percentile norms. This article is a tutorial on how to quickly and easily calculate percentile rank and percentile norms using SPSS, and this information is presented for a data set. Some issues in calculating percentile rank and percentile…
Descriptors: Norms, Mathematical Concepts, Physical Education, Computer Software