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| Article Name : | | | Assessment And Construction Of Norms: South Indian Adolescent School Boys | | Author Name : | | | Ramajayam. M and Gopinath. V | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2702 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Endurance refers to the length of time that an individual can perform work of a given a intensity. To achieve this purpose (N=9000) boys from various schools of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh selected. Each state (n = 3000) samples of students from schools selected by stratified sampling method. In Tamil Nadu state (Vellore, Cuddalore, Erode, Dindigul and Virudhunagar districts and Kerala state (Kannur, Thrissur, Kottaiyam, and Tiruvananthapuram districts and Andhra Pradesh state (Chittor, Kurnool, Hyderabad, Adilabad, Vishagapatnam and Krishna districts selected. The students age range from 13 to 16 years (8th to 11th std respectively) cardio respiratory endurance was assessed with Tuttle pulse ratio test selected and tested as criterion variable. The collected data were statistically examined using ANOVA to find the significant difference if any. If the obtained 'F' ratio was significant, scheffe's post hoc test was used to know the paired mean difference. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05. To construct the norms Hull scale was used. The result shows that Kerala state adolescent school boys are better in endurance compared with Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh state. The Tamil Nadu adolescent school boys' better endurance compared with Andhra Pradesh state. Hence Andhra Pradesh state school boys are low cardio respiratory fitness. | | Keywords : | | |
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