A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BODY MASS INDEX BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE POST GRADUATE STUDENTS

Abstract

Present study was intended to explore the level of body mass index between male and female post graduate students.  The researcher has taken 100 male and female subjects during health fitness week organized by Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education, Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal. Whole data was collected by using Random Sampling Technique (RST). The collected data was put to suitable statistical treatment by using  comparative statistics.   The results of the study indicate  that There was no significant difference between B.M.I. of males and females because value of calculated ‘t’ = 1.730 which is less than tabulated ‘t’ =1.980 at 0.05 level of significant.