Evaluation of the Physical Activity Biography: Sport and Transport

Table 4. Characteristics of the tested samples.

Characteristics												Quality crit.
								lifestyle				IA	R	V
sample	N	sex		age		BMI		physical health*		psychological health*				Q	ET
		m	f	M (SD)	Range	M (SD)	Range	M (SD)	Range	M (SD)	Range
A: normal population	55	33	22	34.6 (11.7)	18-56	23.7 (3.4)	18.1-33.7	1.55 (.50)	1-2	1.44 (.57)	1-3	X	X	X	X
B: exercise science stud.	26	19	7	22.5 (2.4)	19-28	18.9 (2.8)	18.9-30.1	1.50 (.51)	1-2	1.54 (.58)	1-3	X	X	X
C: exercise science stud. (1^st semester)	60	40	20	20.9 (3.6)	18-38	22 (1.9)	18.4-28.4	1.26 (.44)	1-2	1.21 (.46)	1-3	X		X

N: sample size; m: male, f: female; M: mean; SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; IA: item analysis; R: retest-reliability; V: validity; Q: questionnaire; ET: exercise tests; X: analysed* assessed by rating scale (1…very good; 4… bad).