COMPONENT FACTOR ANALYSIS ON THE VARIABLES FOR ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUNG FEMALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS IN R. MACEDONIA

The research was made on a sample of 151 female volleyball players at the age of 14-18 in Macedonia, who represent the population of players competing in the state championships for young in the 2009/10 season. The study applied 18 variables to estimate the anthropometric characteristics. In order to determine the structure of anthropometric characteristics factor analysis is applied. Based on the obtained results it can be determined that in the structure of anthropometric characteristics thre are three latent factors existing: factor of the volume of the body and subcutaneous fat, factor of longitudinal dimension of body and factor of the transversal dimensions of body.