Construction and Evaluation of Test and Norms on Endurance among Different Topography of Goa State School Boys

Author(s) Name:

Sandeep Martin Warlikar & Dr.R.Subramanian

Abstract:

A test is an instrument or tool used to make the particular measurement. The criteria used to evaluate a test in terms of its scientific worth are reliability, objectivity, validity and norms. Reliability and objectivity simply refer to the consistency of the measurement for any giving test, that is, if the tests were administered to a group the same results would be had from the test if it were administered to the identical group another time. A norm is standard point of reference than can provide a basis for judgment. The purpose of the study was to construct a new test and norm on endurance among different topography of Goa state school boys. To achieve this purpose, 100 school boys in the age group of 15 to 17 years from different topography of Goa state were randomly selected as subjects. The subjects (N=100) were randomly selected where 50 subjects from high altitude (hill region) and 50 subjects from low altitude (coastal region).To assess the endurance of the subject, 1000-meter run test used as a newly constructed test. The researcher designed the research method in three phases such as pilot study phase, test phase and validity phase. During pilot study phase, 10 subjects were participated to design, refine and finalize the constructed tests. During the test period, 20 subjects were participated to reconstruct and finalize the tests. During validity phase, data were collected to assess the endurance. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to correlate the constructed test scores and criterion test scores to establish the validity of the newly constructed test and hull scale was used to construct the norms. The subjects were classified and thereby the objectivity of the test could be proved. It was concluded that the consistency of the newly constructed test to measure endurance was reliable, valid and objective.

 Keywords:

Test, Norms, Endurance.

Please cite this article as:

Sandeep Martin Warlikar & R.Subramanian (2020). Construction and Evaluation of Test and Norms on Endurance among Different Topography of Goa State School Boys. International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies, 7, 1(4), 11-12.