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Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto

 ISSN 1645-0523

MAIA, José A.R. et al. Helping in analyzing and interpreting information from physical fitness of children gathered in large samples. A tutorial based on hierarchical or multilevel modelling. []. , 7, 3, pp.379-390. ISSN 1645-0523.

The aim of this study is to present, didactically, the use of hierarchical or multilevel modelling in analysing and interpreting children´s motor performance, namely the one mile run-walk. We mention briefly the steps of modelling, analysing the results from the output of the software used, HLM 6.02. Each step is duly explained, and presented its relevance in interpretative terms.

: Modelling; hierarchy; motor performance; children.

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