Table 1. Results of meta-analyses for overall criterion-related validity correlation coefficients across the 20-m shuttle run test protocols.
Protocols K N rc rp 95% CIa 95% CVb % variancec Q statistic
Performance score only
Légerd 48 2,222 .77 .84 .80-.89 .54-1.00 15.15 313.42*
Eurofite 11 278 .66 .73 .60-.86 .43-1.00 42.50 18.10
QUBf 5 401 .68 .71 .64-.77 .64-.77 79.86 1.34
Dong-Hog 1 127 .62 .66 - - - -
Performance score with other variables
Légerd 11 893 .80 .87 .81-.94 .67-1.00 14.94 73.04*
Eurofite 1 55 .85 .95 - - - -
Dong-Hog 1 127 .73 .78 - - - -
dLéger’s protocol starts at 8.5 km/h and increases 0.5 km/h each minute (Léger et al., 1984, 1988)eEurofit protocol starts at 8.0 km/h and increases 0.5 km/h each minute, but the second stage increases by 1.0 km/h (Council of Europe Committee for the Development of Sport, 1988)fQUB’s protocol starts at 8.0 km/h and increases 0.5 km/h each minute (Riddoch, 1990)dDong-Ho’s protocol starts at 7.5 km/h and increases 0.5 km/h each minute (Dong-Ho et al., 2014).* p < 0.05cPercentage of variance accounted for by statistical artefacts including sampling error and measurement error of the 20-m shuttle run testb95% credibility intervala95% confidence intervalNote. K, number of rs; N, total sample size; rc, overall weighted mean of r corrected for sampling error only; rp, overall weighted mean of r corrected for sampling error and measurement error of the 20-m shuttle run test