Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of FITNESSGRAM tests by grade and gender.
Fitness Test
M
SD
Skewness
Kurtosis
% HFZ
PACER
4
th
grade
Boys (325)
32.18
17.08
.526
-.715
50.8
Girls (248)
24.59
13.58
1.349
1.502
97.2
5
th
grade
Boys (325)
35.90
18.07
.359
-1.004
57.7
Girls (248)
30.35
17.61
.762
-.708
67.5
Curl-up
4
th
grade
Boys (325)
28.41
21.12
.858
-.351
75.4
Girls (248)
28.35
19.99
.964
-.079
82.7
5
th
grade
Boys (325)
35.44
22.53
.562
-.845
82.4
Girls (248)
32.94
21.23
.536
-.751
75.5
Push-up
4
th
grade
Boys (325)
13.63
10.14
2.606
12.252
78.5
Girls (248)
11.94
9.17
2.295
9.834
71.0
5
th
grade
Boys (325)
14.44
10.76
2.126
6.686
78.3
Girls (248)
11.78
9.73
2.391
8.927
69.5
Trunk lift
4
th
grade
Boys (325)
10.68
2.04
-1.906
3.650
86.5
Girls (248)
10.79
1.95
-1.967
4.354
87.5
5
th
grade
Boys (325)
11.00
1.74
-2.001
4.315
89.0
Girls (248)
11.24
1.69
-2.2895
9.525
91.4