A descriptive analysis of flexibility performance of the students in residential and non-residential schools in the Kakching District of Manipur

Abstract

This research paper provides a descriptive analysis of the demographic attributes (age and gender) and flexibility performance, measured using the Sit and Reach Test, of 81 students at Grace Cottage Cultural & Educational Development Foundation, a CBSE-affiliated school in Kakching, Manipur, India that is home to residential (at the time, N=68) and non-residential (at the time, N=13) students. All data were analyzed using JASP software with the aim of calculating central tendency, measures of dispersion, normality tests, and frequency distributions. Results suggested that the sample primarily consisted of students aged 14 and 15 years of age, and was almost evenly distributed in terms of gender. The flexibility performance was described as a mean of 40.52 cm (SD=5.25 cm) for the residential and 38.23 cm (SD=5.43 cm) for the non-residential, both of which were approximately normally-distributed. The descriptive analysis provides baseline information on the differences in flexibility, based on school type, as the information may assist in community-level interventions related to health. Limitations to this study include the small sample of non-residential students, and the lack of inferential statistics.