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Establishing Observer Reliability In The Context Of Dance Performance Assessment., Aspasia Dania, Maria Koutsouba, Dimitrios Hatziharistos, Vasiliki Tyrovola

Aspasia Dania

In the context of dance education, either as part of physical education or on its own, the assessment of dance performance is used as a benchmark of the students’ progress. Although reliability is a critical feature of this process, the majority of research projects are restricted in the lining up of reliability statistical indexes without giving guidelines for its establishment through sound training of the judges. The aim of the present paper is the presentation of the major issues and procedures of the judges’ training and reliability in a research project assessing the performance of Greek traditional dancers. The research …