I'm a Methodology Queen, and I Get Really Angry About This

The data that we get from the fitness tests is pretty shiddy, because the data's beeng gathered in such a poor way. The primary thing that was done with the actual numbers that were produced by millions of kids taking this test every year was they would just identify kids to get awards. "There's literally no evidence that the ability to do pull ups is related to overall upper body strength," he says.