Assignment 1: Writing about data

Study: Assessment of teenagers physical condition in Barcelona

Sample:

200 Students of the city of Barcelona (Spain). 120 Male and 80 Female with ages comprised between 12 and 16 years old (High school age). Taken by groups of different high-schools (20 education centres) among the different districts of the city

Procedures:

The data collection had 2 steps:

Step 1: InSchool questionnaire covering the following topics:

·         Living conditions (people per household, income group, neighbourhood)

·         Age, weight and height

·         Nutrition habits (by ppresence of different macro-nutrients)

·         Practice of exercise

·         Academical scores

Step 2: Eurofit physical tests. Pre-made physical tests to determine different physical capabilities:

·         Stamina – Course Navette

·         Upper body strength – MedBall launch

·         Lower body strength – Horizontal jumps

·         Flexibility – Full body bends

·         Muscular resistance – Minute crunches

·         Explosive speed – 5x10 courses

Measures:

Explanatory measure observe unvariable living conditions for the student such as in which neighbourhood they live, number of siblings age, sex and height

Other variable conditions are also observed such as; which kind of diet they follow, how much sport they practice, how much time they devote to studying

Response variable considered are weight and body mass indexes, results in the physical tests. Students are categorized by physical prowess from 0 to 10 drawn from the result the get on the eurofit tests.