The purpose of this master’s thesis was to define reaction time, to verify whether an application measuring reaction time for smart devices, named MAReaction works accurately, to set standards for the tests used; to compare reaction times between the sexes, right and left-handers and students of various fields of study on Faculty of sports in Slovenia.
The study included 163 students at the faculty of sports in all fields of study. (Sports education N = 127, kinesiology N = 29 and sports training N = 7). The study included both sexes (women N = 76 and men N = 87) with age range 20-36 years-old (M = 22; SD = 2.509). We also examined the differences amongst competitive (competitive N = 22 and recreational N = 141) athletes and amongst people who are (right-handed (N = 150 and left-handed N = 13). We used a tablet and application for measuring reaction time called MAReaction (2017) and with the help of Excel and SPSS we conducted an analysis.
Our results determined that the application worked properly and we were able to set norms for our tests. Our comparative tests showed that there were statistically significant differences amongst males and females. Our comparison of right-handed and left-handed individuals did not show significant results moreover neither did our comparison of students from different fields of study within the college. The comparison of between professional and recreational athletes showed some significant differences in one out of two tests.
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