On Measurement of Motor Skills : An Approach Through a Statistical Analysis of Archery Scores

Presents a study of motor skills through a statistical analysis of archery scores before and after instruction. Acknowledgments Contents List of Tables I. Introduction: The Nature of Archery and General Approach to the Present Study Part One. Trend and Reliability of the Score in Successive Lessons II. Group Learning in Three Successive Series of Twelve Lessons Each III. Fundamental Considerations Relating to Lesson Reliability and to Correlation Between Scores of Successive Lessons IV. Lesson Reliability of The Archery Score V. Prediction of Score Level Attained in a Series of Lessons VI. Spring and Fall Subgroups Compared as to Score Level, Gain, and Reliability in Early and Late Periods of Their Series of Lessons Part Two. Behavior of the Score Within a Single Lesson VII. Introduction to the Study of the Effect of Sequence Within the Lesson upon Successive Units of Score VIII. Trend of Successive Small Units of Score Within a Single Lesson of Usual Length and One of Double Length Shot Entirely at Range 40 IX. Study of Range Scores Shot in the rotated orders for Six Successive Lessons Part Three. Summary and Evaluation of the Study X. General Summary of Results, Their Application to Testing Certain Types of Motor Skills, and Critical Evaluation of the Study Classified Bibliography List of Supplementary Tables