TITLE:
Estimation of the Lower Bound Reliability of Latent Dimensions of Morphological Variables of Handball Players
AUTHORS:
Dragan Popovic, Evagelia Boli, Veroljub Stankovic, Milos Popovic, Jasna Popovic, Vladimir Savic
KEYWORDS:
Morphological, Dimensions, Anthropometry, Structure, Psychosomatic Status
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.1,
January
27,
2016
ABSTRACT: Morphological characteristics describe a person on the basis of
morphological (anthropometric) traits that are determined by anthropometric
measurement techniques. The morphological structure of the entire psychosomatic
status of a person means a system of basic anthropometric latent dimensions
obtained from a series of manifest variables. In modern anthropometry, using
factor analysis for data processing, four main factors or dimensionalities of
the human body have been identified: longitudinal dimensionality, transversal
dimensionality, circular dimensionality, and body mass and subcutaneous adipose
tissue. As there are high correlations between these dimensions, constitutional
types have been defined, making it possible to classify the human population by
a particular morphological pattern.