Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method
The Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) is a quantitative test battery that assesses motor competence across the whole lifespan. It is composed of three sub-scales: locomotor, stability, and manipulative, each of them assessed by two different objectively measured tests. The MCA construct validity for...
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| author | Luis Paulo Rodrigues Carlos Luz Rita Cordovil André Pombo Vitor P. Lopes |
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| description | The Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) is a quantitative test battery that assesses motor competence across the whole lifespan. It is composed of three sub-scales: locomotor, stability, and manipulative, each of them assessed by two different objectively measured tests. The MCA construct validity for children and adolescents, having normative values from 3 to 23 years of age, and the configural invariance between age groups, were recently established. The aim of this study is to expand the MCA’s development and validation by defining the best and leanest method to score and classify MCA sub-scales and total score. One thousand participants from 3 to 22 years of age, randomly selected from the Portuguese database on MC, participated in the study. Three different procedures to calculate the sub-scales and total MCA values were tested according to alternative models. Results were compared to the reference method, and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient, Cronbach’s Alpha, and Bland–Altman statistics were used to describe agreement between the three methods. The analysis showed no substantial differences between the three methods. Reliability values were perfect (0.999 to 1.000) for all models, implying that all the methods were able to classify everyone in the same way. We recommend implementing the most economic and efficient algorithm, i.e., the configural model algorithm, averaging the percentile scores of the two tests to assess each MCA sub-scale and total scores. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-766f983587d7460f9004c8db5c131e322023-11-24T08:00:43ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-11-01911176910.3390/children9111769Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring MethodLuis Paulo Rodrigues0Carlos Luz1Rita Cordovil2André Pombo3Vitor P. Lopes4Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer de Melgaço, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, PortugalResearch Center in Sports Performance, Recreation, Innovation and Technology (SPRINT), 4960-320 Melgaço, PortugalFaculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, PortugalResearch Center in Sports Performance, Recreation, Innovation and Technology (SPRINT), 4960-320 Melgaço, PortugalResearch Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), 5000-801 Vila Real, PortugalThe Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) is a quantitative test battery that assesses motor competence across the whole lifespan. It is composed of three sub-scales: locomotor, stability, and manipulative, each of them assessed by two different objectively measured tests. The MCA construct validity for children and adolescents, having normative values from 3 to 23 years of age, and the configural invariance between age groups, were recently established. The aim of this study is to expand the MCA’s development and validation by defining the best and leanest method to score and classify MCA sub-scales and total score. One thousand participants from 3 to 22 years of age, randomly selected from the Portuguese database on MC, participated in the study. Three different procedures to calculate the sub-scales and total MCA values were tested according to alternative models. Results were compared to the reference method, and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient, Cronbach’s Alpha, and Bland–Altman statistics were used to describe agreement between the three methods. The analysis showed no substantial differences between the three methods. Reliability values were perfect (0.999 to 1.000) for all models, implying that all the methods were able to classify everyone in the same way. We recommend implementing the most economic and efficient algorithm, i.e., the configural model algorithm, averaging the percentile scores of the two tests to assess each MCA sub-scale and total scores.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/11/1769human developmentmotor developmentmotor testmotor performancelifespan |
| spellingShingle | Luis Paulo Rodrigues Carlos Luz Rita Cordovil André Pombo Vitor P. Lopes Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method Children human development motor development motor test motor performance lifespan |
| title | Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method |
| title_full | Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method |
| title_fullStr | Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method |
| title_short | Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method |
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| topic | human development motor development motor test motor performance lifespan |
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