Measurement for Evaluation in Physical Education and Exercise Science - Softcover

Baumgartner, Ted Allen; Jackson, Andrew Stonewall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0697152189 ISBN 13: 9780697152183

Publisher: Brown (William C.) Co ,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

This text for physical education teachers and exercise specialists provides information on measuring and evaluating the physical fitness of their students and clients, and on how to help increase it. Chapters cover topics such as ethnic and ageing populations and microcomputer applications.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Andrew S. Jackson is a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston and an adjunct professor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He has been a research consultant to the Cardio-pulmonary laboratory and NASA, Johnson Space Center (Houston) for 25 years. He has published extensively in the areas of exercise physiology, cardiology, and ergonomics. The focus of his research has been the application of measurement theory in these areas. He is best know for the publication of the Jackson-Pollock skinfold body composition prediction equations that have become one of the standard field methods used to measure body composition. His other research area has been in the development of valid preemployment tests for physically demanding jobs. This ergonomic research has not produced valid employment tests for hiring employees by major corporations, but also to testify as an expert in employment litigation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brown (William C.) Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0697152189
• ISBN 13: 9780697152183
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 512