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Statistical Methods For Assessing Measurement Error (Reliability) in Variables Relevant to Sports Medicine

Greg Atkinson, +1 more
- 01 Oct 1998 - 
- Vol. 26, Iss: 4, pp 217-238
TLDR
It is recommended that sports clinicians and researchers should cite and interpret a number of statistical methods for assessing reliability and encourage the inclusion of the LOA method, especially the exploration of heteroscedasticity that is inherent in this analysis.
Abstract
Minimal measurement error (reliability) during the collection of interval- and ratio-type data is critically important to sports medicine research. The main components of measurement error are systematic bias (e.g. general learning or fatigue effects on the tests) and random error due to biological or mechanical variation. Both error components should be meaningfully quantified for the sports physician to relate the described error to judgements regarding ‘analytical goals’ (the requirements of the measurement tool for effective practical use) rather than the statistical significance of any reliability indicators.

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Typical error versus limits of agreement

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Reproducibility assessment of metabolic variables characterizing muscle energetics in vivo: A 31P-MRS study.

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Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement

TL;DR: In this article, an alternative approach, based on graphical techniques and simple calculations, is described, together with the relation between this analysis and the assessment of repeatability, which is often used in clinical comparison of a new measurement technique with an established one.
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