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As capacidades coordenativas exercem papel fundamental na motricidade, sendo importantes na aquisição e desenvolvimento das habilidades fundamentais, posteriormente das habilidades específicas (esportivas). Essas capacidades são reconhecidas como base para o desenvolvimento das habilidades esportivas que responde positivamente em relação à precisão, economia e efetivação dos movimentos esportivos, levando a um menor gasto de força e energia muscular. É na infância que se observa o melhor ganho em termos de rendimento dessas capacidades, estabilizando-se na adolescência. Apesar da importância das mesmas, existe um número limitado de instrumentos de medida que tenham por objetivo avaliar as capacidades coordenativas de escolares brasileiros na faixa etária de 12 a 14 anos que possam fornecer informações sobre seu desenvolvimento em crianças e jovens. O \"Wiener Koordinationsparcour\" (WKP) é um teste esportivo motor, desenvolvimento por Wawitz (1982) e de origem austríaca que tem por objetivo medir as capacidades coordenativas orientação espacial, reação, equilíbrio, adaptação motora e diferenciação por meio da medição do tempo de realização das tarefas motoras padronizadas nas oito etapas que o compõe. Devido à origem do WKP é necessária sua validação para a realidade brasileira. O presente estudo tem por objetivo a validação do WKP, de forma adaptada, para avaliação das capacidades coordenativas em escolares de 12 a 14 anos de idade. Participaram do estudo, oito especialistas da área de Educação Física e Esporte e 108 escolares de 12 a 14 anos de ambos os sexos. O processo de validação foi composto das seguintes etapas: validade de construto e conteúdo e verificação dos critérios de validade, objetividade e fidedignidade. Inicialmente, foi realizada uma tradução juramentada com a denominação em português de Percurso de Coordenação Vienense (PCV) e comparada às versões publicadas em português. As validades de construto e conteúdo foram realizadas com base no parecer de especialistas. Para verificar a objetividade foram utilizados os escores do tempo de realização do teste obtidos por três (03) avaliadores; para a fidedignidade foram utilizados os escores do teste e do reteste. Utilizou-se a estatística descritiva de freqüência para análise das respostas dos especialistas; o coeficiente de correlação intraclasse (CCI) foi utilizado para as análises da objetividade e fidedignidade. Também foi utilizado na análise da fidedignidade o teste t-pareado. Os coeficientes de correlação para objetividade foram 0,99 para o gênero feminino e de 1 para o masculino, indicando que o PCV é um teste confiável. No entanto, a fidedignidade apresentou coeficientes de correlação fracos: 0,57 (feminino) e 0,58 (masculino). Realizou-se o teste t-pareado que confirmou a fidedignidade fraca devido às diferenças significantes entre as médias dos escores entre teste e reteste. De acordo com a análise dos especialistas o PCV apresenta validade de construto e de conteúdo. Os resultados indicam que a motivação e a aprendizagem podem ter influenciado nos escores do teste e, consequentemente, na sua fidedignidade. Sendo assim, apesar do PCV refletir a validade de conteúdo e ser um teste confiável, são necessários outros estudos para a obtenção de sua fidedignidade em escolares brasileiros de 12 a 14 anos na realidade brasileira / Coordinative capabilities play a crucial role in motor function, being important in the acquisition and development of fundamental skills, subsequently the sport skills. These capabilities are recognized as the basis for the development of sports skills that responds positively in relation to the accuracy and effectiveness in the sporting movements. It is in childhood that we observe the best gain in efficiency in these capabilities, stabilizing in adolescence. Despite the importance of coordinative abilities, there is a lack of evaluation tests that can provide information about their income on children and youth. The \"Wiener Koordinationsparcour\" ( WKP ) of Warwitz is a sporty test of international origin, which measures the coordinative capabilities of spatial orientation, reaction, balance, motor adaptation and differentiation through time to perform the tasks specified in the eight steps that compose the test. Because the origin of the WKP its validation for the Brazilian reality is required. This study aims to validate the adapted WKP adapt it assess the coordinative abilities in students 12-14 years old. The study included eight experts in the field of Physical Education and Sport and 108 students 12-14 years of both sexes. The validation process consisted of the following steps: cross-cultural adaptation, content and construct validity and verification of the criteria of validity, objectivity and reliability. A cross-cultural adaptation and translation of the original instrument name by calling it, Percurso de Coordenação de Viena (PCV). The construct validity and content was analyzed by experts through the PCV Manual. In addition, two ( 02 ) forms on the adapted test were filled. To verify the objectivity score time the test was performed by three (03) assessors; reliability score in the test- retest was used . We used descriptive statistics to analyze the frequency responses of the experts, the intraclass correlation coefficient ( ICC) was used in the analysis of objectivity and reliability were made also to verify the reliability the paired t- test. The results of the objectivity of the 0,999 test in females and 1.00 in males indicated that PCV is a reliable test. However, the reliability coefficients presented were considered low: 0.61 (female) and 0.58 (men). The paired t- test confirmed that the low reliability was due to differences in scores between test and retest. For expert analysis PCV presents construct validity and content. Motivation and learning influenced the test scores and, consequently, on its reliability. Thus, despite the fact that PCV test reflects the content validity and is reliable, other studies are needed in Brazilian schoolchildren aged 12 to 14 years

As capacidades coordenativas exercem papel fundamental na motricidade, sendo importantes na aquisição e desenvolvimento das habilidades fundamentais, posteriormente das habilidades específicas (esportivas). Essas capacidades são reconhecidas como base para o desenvolvimento das habilidades esportivas que responde positivamente em relação à precisão, economia e efetivação dos movimentos esportivos, levando a um menor gasto de força e energia muscular. É na infância que se observa o melhor ganho em termos de rendimento dessas capacidades, estabilizando-se na adolescência. Apesar da importância das mesmas, existe um número limitado de instrumentos de medida que tenham por objetivo avaliar as capacidades coordenativas de escolares brasileiros na faixa etária de 12 a 14 anos que possam fornecer informações sobre seu desenvolvimento em crianças e jovens. O \"Wiener Koordinationsparcour\" (WKP) é um teste esportivo motor, desenvolvimento por Wawitz (1982) e de origem austríaca que tem por objetivo medir as capacidades coordenativas orientação espacial, reação, equilíbrio, adaptação motora e diferenciação por meio da medição do tempo de realização das tarefas motoras padronizadas nas oito etapas que o compõe. Devido à origem do WKP é necessária sua validação para a realidade brasileira. O presente estudo tem por objetivo a validação do WKP, de forma adaptada, para avaliação das capacidades coordenativas em escolares de 12 a 14 anos de idade. Participaram do estudo, oito especialistas da área de Educação Física e Esporte e 108 escolares de 12 a 14 anos de ambos os sexos. O processo de validação foi composto das seguintes etapas: validade de construto e conteúdo e verificação dos critérios de validade, objetividade e fidedignidade. Inicialmente, foi realizada uma tradução juramentada com a denominação em português de Percurso de Coordenação Vienense (PCV) e comparada às versões publicadas em português. As validades de construto e conteúdo foram realizadas com base no parecer de especialistas. Para verificar a objetividade foram utilizados os escores do tempo de realização do teste obtidos por três (03) avaliadores; para a fidedignidade foram utilizados os escores do teste e do reteste. Utilizou-se a estatística descritiva de freqüência para análise das respostas dos especialistas; o coeficiente de correlação intraclasse (CCI) foi utilizado para as análises da objetividade e fidedignidade. Também foi utilizado na análise da fidedignidade o teste t-pareado. Os coeficientes de correlação para objetividade foram 0,99 para o gênero feminino e de 1 para o masculino, indicando que o PCV é um teste confiável. No entanto, a fidedignidade apresentou coeficientes de correlação fracos: 0,57 (feminino) e 0,58 (masculino). Realizou-se o teste t-pareado que confirmou a fidedignidade fraca devido às diferenças significantes entre as médias dos escores entre teste e reteste. De acordo com a análise dos especialistas o PCV apresenta validade de construto e de conteúdo. Os resultados indicam que a motivação e a aprendizagem podem ter influenciado nos escores do teste e, consequentemente, na sua fidedignidade. Sendo assim, apesar do PCV refletir a validade de conteúdo e ser um teste confiável, são necessários outros estudos para a obtenção de sua fidedignidade em escolares brasileiros de 12 a 14 anos na realidade brasileira / Coordinative capabilities play a crucial role in motor function, being important in the acquisition and development of fundamental skills, subsequently the sport skills. These capabilities are recognized as the basis for the development of sports skills that responds positively in relation to the accuracy and effectiveness in the sporting movements. It is in childhood that we observe the best gain in efficiency in these capabilities, stabilizing in adolescence. Despite the importance of coordinative abilities, there is a lack of evaluation tests that can provide information about their income on children and youth. The \"Wiener Koordinationsparcour\" ( WKP ) of Warwitz is a sporty test of international origin, which measures the coordinative capabilities of spatial orientation, reaction, balance, motor adaptation and differentiation through time to perform the tasks specified in the eight steps that compose the test. Because the origin of the WKP its validation for the Brazilian reality is required. This study aims to validate the adapted WKP adapt it assess the coordinative abilities in students 12-14 years old. The study included eight experts in the field of Physical Education and Sport and 108 students 12-14 years of both sexes. The validation process consisted of the following steps: cross-cultural adaptation, content and construct validity and verification of the criteria of validity, objectivity and reliability. A cross-cultural adaptation and translation of the original instrument name by calling it, Percurso de Coordenação de Viena (PCV). The construct validity and content was analyzed by experts through the PCV Manual. In addition, two ( 02 ) forms on the adapted test were filled. To verify the objectivity score time the test was performed by three (03) assessors; reliability score in the test- retest was used . We used descriptive statistics to analyze the frequency responses of the experts, the intraclass correlation coefficient ( ICC) was used in the analysis of objectivity and reliability were made also to verify the reliability the paired t- test. The results of the objectivity of the 0,999 test in females and 1.00 in males indicated that PCV is a reliable test. However, the reliability coefficients presented were considered low: 0.61 (female) and 0.58 (men). The paired t- test confirmed that the low reliability was due to differences in scores between test and retest. For expert analysis PCV presents construct validity and content. Motivation and learning influenced the test scores and, consequently, on its reliability. Thus, despite the fact that PCV test reflects the content validity and is reliable, other studies are needed in Brazilian schoolchildren aged 12 to 14 years

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the results of the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT; Naglieri, 1997a) with a sample of English Language Learner (ELL) Mexican American children and to compare the performance on the NNAT of 122 ELL Mexican American children with children from the standardization sample. The rationale for conducting this study was the need to identify culturally sensitive and technically adequate nonverbal measures of ability for the fastest growing minority group within America’s public schools today, Mexican American children. The NNAT was administered to participants with parental consent. Statistical analyses of the scores did yield positive evidence of internal consistency for the Nonverbal Ability Index (NAI) total score of the NNAT. However, when individual clusters were analyzed, Pattern Completion, Reasoning by Analogy, and Serial Reasoning did not yield positive evidence of internal consistency. Only Spatial Visualization approached the reliability standard deemed acceptable for tests of cognitive ability. The mean differences of the NNAT scores between two independent groups were also assessed in the present study. Results of the statistical analyses did not yield statistically significant differences across age and grade factors between the scores of the ELL Mexican American sample and the standardization sample. Finally, the proposed factor structure of the NNAT was compared with the factor structure found with the ELL Mexican American sample. Goodness-of-fit test statistics indicate that the proposed four-factor structure does not fit well with the data obtained from this sample of ELL Mexican American students. Furthermore, although the NNAT is considered to be a unidimensional test of general ability, nine factors were extracted upon analysis, providing evidence that the items on each of the four clusters do not function together as four distinct dimensions with this ELL Mexican American sample. Given that the individual clusters that collectively combine to yield the NAI total score are not based on any particular model of intelligence, interpretation of specific strengths and weaknesses should be discouraged. Finally, the NNAT’s overall score should be interpreted with caution and may best be used in conjunction with multidimensional ability and/or intelligence measures.

Matrices reasoning tests, which contain missing pieces in matrices that participants attempt to figure out, are one of the most popular types of tests to measure general intelligence. This thesis introduces several methods to develop matrices items, and presents them in different test forms to assess general intelligence. Part 1 introduces the development of a matrices test with reference to Carpenter’s five rules of Raven’s Progressive Matrices. The test items developed were administered together with the Standard Ravens’ Progressive Matrices (SPM). Results based on confirmatory factor analysis and inter-item correlation demonstrate good construct validity and reliability. Item characteristics are explored with Item-Response Theory (IRT) analyses. Part 2 introduces the development of a large item bank with multiple alternatives for each SPM item, with reference to the item components of the original SPM. Results showed satisfactory test validity and reliability when using the alternative items in a test. Findings also support the hypothesis that the combination of item components accounts for item difficulty. The work lays the foundation for the future development of computer adaptive versions of Raven’s Progressive Matrices. Part 3 introduces the development of an automatic matrix item generator and illustrates the results of the analyses of the items generated using the distribution-of-three rule. Psychometric properties of the items generated are explored to support the validity of the generator. Figural complexity, features, and the frequency at which certain rules were used are discussed to account for the difficulty of the items. Results of further analyses to explore the underlying factors of the difficulty of the generated items are presented and discussed. Results showed that the suggested factors explain a substantial amount of the variance of item difficulty, but are insufficient to predict the item difficulty. Adaptive on-the-fly item generation is yet to be possible for the test at this stage. Overall, the methods for creating matrices reasoning tests introduced in the dissertation provide a useful reference for research on abstract reasoning and fluid intelligence measurements. Implications for other areas of psychometric research are also discussed.

In this study, both uni-regime GARCH and Markov Regime Switching GARCH (SW-GARCH) models are examined to analyze Turkish Stock Market volatility. We investigate various models to find out whether SW-GARCH models are an improvement on the uni-regime GARCH models in terms of modelling and forecasting Turkish Stock Market volatility. As well as using seven statistical loss functions, we apply Superior Predictive Ability (SPA) test of Hansen (2005) and Reality Check test (RC) of White (2000) to compare forecast performance of various models.

Die Arbeit gliedert sich in fünf Teile. An ein Überblickskapitel, in welchem aktuelle Modelle und Verfahren zur Erfassung Emotionaler Intelligenz vorgestellt werden, schließen sich drei empirische Studien (englischsprachig) an. In diesen werden Zusammenhänge von Fähigkeitstests und Selbstberichtverfahren zur Erfassung emotionaler Fähigkeiten in Bezug auf sozial relevante Faktoren wie Lebenszufriedenheit, Konfliktlösefähigkeiten und Freundschaft untersucht. Darüber hinaus wird geprüft, inwieweit sich Patienten verschiedener Störungsbilder von einer psychisch gesunden Kontrollgruppe als auch untereinander in ihren gezeigten emotionalen Fähigkeiten unterscheiden. Die Arbeit endet mit einer Integration der Ergebnisse dieser drei Studien. Insbesondere wird dabei auf die Probleme aktueller Verfahren zur Erfassung Emotionaler Intelligenz mittels Selbstbericht und Fähigkeitstest eingegangen. Aufgrund der konzeptionellen Nähe von Sozialer Intelligenz und Emotionaler Intelligenz werden mögliche Integrationspunkte dieser beiden Forschungsfelder benannt. Ebenso werden mögliche alternative Erfassungsmethoden aufgezeigt. / This dissertation is devided into five parts. An introductory chapter explains actual self-report questionnaires and ability tests to assess emotional intelligence. The following three chapters present empirical data looking at relations between self-report measures and ability tests and important variables of social functioning like life satisfaction, conflict-management abilities, and friendship. Moreover, in another study we looked at differences between and within inpatients with different kinds of mental disorders and a clinically healthy control group. The final chapter integrates findings and conclusions focusing on the problems assessing emotional intelligence with self-report questionnaires and ability tests. As social intelligence and emotional intelligence are conceptionally related possible areas of collaborative work are discussed. Furthermore, alternative ways of assessing emotional abilities are highlighted.

The objective of this study was to investigate how well the academic performance of the Industrial and Organisational Psychology master’s students at a research institution can be predicted through psychometric measures. A non-experimental design was used in this empirical study. The sample consisted of one hundred and thirty-three IO Psychology master’s students over a five-year period. The secondary data for this research originated from the students completing the Graduate Verify Ability tests as well as the Occupational Personality Questionnaire, which are psychometric measures that form part of the selection. Both psychometric measures load onto the Person Job Match competencies. A theoretical relationship could be found between the Ability tests and academic success as well as the PJM competencies that included weighted scores from both psychometric measures. The empirical relationships, therefore, proved that the ability tests have the strongest predictive ability for academic success. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

The Diploma Thesis deals with the matters of children's musicality and the main factors influencing it. The thesis includes a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part focuses on the musicality issue and its structure, as well as on the factors that participate in this matter. Special attention is put to the out-of-school influences on the development of musicality. There is an outline of the influence of a family and its members, characteristics of a contemporary family and a present-day lifestyle. The thesis also deals with a social group influence and the impact of mass media, such as television, computers and the Internet. One of the subchapters is dedicated to the out-of-school artistic interests of children; another one deals with how music around us can act in a form of commercials, or in a store, for example. The practical part of this thesis is formed through a research oriented to the out-of-school influences mentioned above. This research was held at Libčická Primary School, Prague. The research included a questionnaire; the next step was a musical ability test, which later served to the elaboration of case studies of selected children. Comparing the results of the questionnaire with the individual children performances in the musicality test, the thesis highlights the...

Bakgrund: För att prestera på elitnivå behöver Fotbollsspelare en välutvecklad aerob och anaerob effekt och kapacitet. Repeated sprint ability (RSA) är en anaerob förmåga som kan avgöra många matchsituationer, till exempel bollinnehav och målchanser. För att testa RSA görs ett repeated sprint ability test (RST). Syreupptagningsförmågan testas ofta genom olika konditionstester. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka korrelationen mellan RST, Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Level 1 test (Yo-Yo IR1) och 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test (30-15IFT). Metod: Nio damfotbollsspelare som randomiserades in i två grupper (Grupp 1, n=5, 22±3 år, kroppsvikt 64±12,8 kg och grupp 2, n=4, 20±3 år, kroppsvikt 64,2±2,4 kg). Deltagarna genomförde antingen RST och/eller Yo-Yo IR1 vid ett tillfälle och vid nästa tillfälle RST och/eller 30-15IFT. Alla tester skedde utomhus på en konstgräsplan. På Yo-Yo IR1 och 30-15IFT dokumenterades sluthastigheten. På RST dokumenterades den totala sprinttiden (RSTtotal) och %trötthet mellan bästa sprinten jämfört med resterande sprinter (RST%dec). Resultatet på testerna presenteras som en grupp i medelvärde och standardavvikelse (SD). Uträkningen av korrelationen användes Pearsons Korrelationskoefficient (r). Statistisk nivå för signifikans var p <0.05. Resultat: Korrelationen mellan Yo-Yo IR1 mot 30-15IFT samt 30-15IFT mot RSTtotal hade en väldigt stark statistiskt signifikant korrelation (r = 0.855; respektive r= -0.721). Det fanns inte någon statistiskt signifikant korrelation mellan Yo-Yo IR1 mot RSTtotal, IRL mot RST%dec, och 30-15IFT mot RST%dec (r= -0.704; r=0.209 respektive r=-0.02). Konklusion: Resultaten indikerar att det finns en väldigt stark korrelation mellan Yo-Yo IR1 och 30-15IFT och fördelar mot nackdelar bör vägas för att använda vilket test. 30-15IFT verkar använda en högre andel RSA eftersom det hade en starkare korrelation till RST än Yo-Yo IR1.