Analysis of speed between rural and Urban junior college boys in different age categories

The purpose of the present study was to analysis of speed between rural and urban junior college boys in different age categories. To achieve this purpose of the study three hundred junior college boys of rural and urban areas from Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, India were randomly selected as subjects. Among them one hundred and fifty junior boys (seventy five rural boys with age between 15 to 16 years and seventy five rural boys with age between 16 to 17 years) and one hundred and fifty junior boys (seventy five urban boys with age between 15 to 16 years and seventy five urban boys with age between 16 to 17 years). The speed was selected as criterion variable. The following group's namely rural junior boys with age category between 15 to 16 years and 16 to 17 years, urban junior boys with age category between 15 to 16 years and 16 to 17 years were selected as independent variables. The data were collected from rural and urban junior boys with different age categories on speed were assessed by using standardized test items namely 50 meters run, and were statistically analyzed by using 2 x 2 factorial ANOVA. Whenever, the obtained ‘F’ ratio value for interaction effect was found to be significant, the simple effect test was applied as follow up test.