KNES 349 Name Measurement and Statistics in Kinesiology Adult Fitness Testing Spring 2023 /10 pts. Assignment #7 1. What is the major advantage of laboratory measures of physical fitness (e.g., direct measurement of VO2max) over field measures (e.g., 1.5 mile run)? Answer using one word. 2. What is the major advantage of field measures of physical fitness (e.g., 1RM leg extension) over laboratory measures (e.g., isokinetic testing of the leg extensors)? Answer using one word. 3. A personal trainer is learning to take skinfold measurements. She practices on a co-worker but the measurements she obtains differ greatly from each other. What measurement issue/error does this represent? Hint: Think back to what you learned in the last unit of this class regarding measurement. Answer using one word. 4. What is the most common method of measuring trunk flexion? 5. In addition to the measurement of health-related fitness, measurement of what other type of fitness seems logical when assessing the fitness of older adults? Why is it important? Submit your answers via Canvas (you may create a separate Word document for your answers). Page 1 of 1