Date of Award

8-1-1969

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Kinesiology & Public Health Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not Manitoba school students of rural areas were better physically fit than students of urban areas. The investigator was also interested in finding out how these two areas (urban and rural) compared to the National Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (CAHPER) standards. The comparisons were made by (1) comparing the mean of the rural and urban test results based on the findings of the Centennial Athletic Awards Programme: (2) by compar- ing the mean of rural and urban areas with the CAHPER mean.

The null hypothesis was assumed for this study (.01 level) and the "t" technique for testing the significance of the difference between mean was used to compare the mean of urban and rural children, at each age level, for each event and for both sexes. The "t" technique was also used to compare the mean of urban and rural children to CAHPER fitness mean at each age level, for each event and for both sexes.

Results indicated that no significant difference existed in the physical fitness of urban and rural students. There were, however, significant differences in favor of the Manitoba students (urban and rural) when compared to the national CAHPER fitness mean.

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