Construct Validation of Distance Run Tests

This study investigated the construct validity of distance run tests. A sample of 60 male college students were administered 10 running tests which ranged in distance from a 50-yd dash to the 2-mi run and the 12-min run. The factor analytic findings identified two robust factors. The first factor was associated with distance run tests of .5 mi and longer. The second factor was essentially isolated by the 50- and 100-yd dashes. The shorter distance tests of 1 mi or less tended to yield complex factor structures, loading on both factors; whereas, the distances longer than 1 mi tended to be unidimensional and loaded almost exclusively on the distance run factor.