<resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4" xsi:schemaLocation="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4 http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.1/metadata.xsd"><identifier identifierType="DOI">10.48349/ASU/HKIT4E</identifier><creators><creator><creatorName nameType="Personal">Poulos, Allison</creatorName><givenName>Allison</givenName><familyName>Poulos</familyName><nameIdentifier nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0002-9645-7691</nameIdentifier><affiliation>Arizona State University</affiliation></creator><creator><creatorName nameType="Personal">Wilson, Kylie</creatorName><givenName>Kylie</givenName><familyName>Wilson</familyName><nameIdentifier nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0002-5066-4337</nameIdentifier><affiliation>Arizona State University</affiliation></creator></creators><titles><title>Systematic Observation Tools for Physical Activity</title></titles><publisher>ASU Library Research Data Repository</publisher><publicationYear>2025</publicationYear><subjects><subject>Social Sciences</subject><subject valueURI="https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D005082" subjectScheme="MeSH">Physical Exertion</subject><subject valueURI="https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D015444" subjectScheme="MeSH">Exercise</subject><subject valueURI="http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002648" subjectScheme="MeSH">Child</subject><subject valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118451" subjectScheme="LCSH">Schools</subject></subjects><contributors><contributor contributorType="ContactPerson"><contributorName nameType="Personal">Poulos, Allison</contributorName><givenName>Allison</givenName><familyName>Poulos</familyName><affiliation>Arizona State University</affiliation></contributor><contributor contributorType="Producer"><contributorName nameType="Organizational">Active Schools &amp; Communities Lab</contributorName><affiliation>Arizona State University</affiliation></contributor><contributor contributorType="Researcher"><contributorName nameType="Personal">Schulke, Marissa</contributorName><givenName>Marissa</givenName><familyName>Schulke</familyName></contributor><contributor contributorType="Distributor"><contributorName nameType="Organizational">College of Health Solutions</contributorName><affiliation>Arizona State University</affiliation></contributor></contributors><dates><date dateType="Created">2023-01-01</date><date dateType="Submitted">2025-03-06</date><date dateType="Updated">2026-02-12</date></dates><resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Dataset"/><relatedIdentifiers><relatedIdentifier relationType="IsCitedBy" relatedIdentifierType="DOI">10.1186/s12966-022-01355-4</relatedIdentifier><relatedIdentifier relationType="IsCitedBy" relatedIdentifierType="URL">https://thomckenzie.com/useful-tools/observation/</relatedIdentifier></relatedIdentifiers><sizes><size>4089</size><size>4421344</size><size>14375</size><size>369813</size><size>958351</size><size>14566</size><size>380295</size><size>21634</size><size>15119</size><size>317588</size></sizes><formats><format>text/plain</format><format>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</format><format>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document</format><format>image/png</format><format>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</format><format>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document</format><format>image/png</format><format>text/tab-separated-values</format><format>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document</format><format>image/png</format></formats><version>5.0</version><rightsList><rights rightsURI="info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess"/><rights rightsURI="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</rights></rightsList><descriptions><description descriptionType="Abstract">&lt;p>These Excel files are management tools for data collected using the paper versions of the System for Observing Play and Leisure in Youth (SOPLAY), System for Observing Play and Active Recreation in Communities (SOPARC), and System for Observing Play and Leisure in Youth - Shade and Nature (SOPLAY-SN). The templates auto-calculate mean statistics for physical activity and contextual factors.&lt;/p> 

&lt;p>Instructions are provided for each tool as downloadable Word documents or PNG image files. See README for additional information.

&lt;p>When downloading the tool , select MS Excel Spreadsheet from the download options to access and use the files in the correct format.&lt;/p>

&lt;p>Methods for processing the data: &lt;br>
Each file is a blank, auto-calculating template.&lt;/p></description><description descriptionType="TechnicalInfo">Microsoft Excel, Office 2019</description></descriptions><geoLocations><geoLocation><geoLocationPlace>Phoenix, Arizona, USA</geoLocationPlace></geoLocation></geoLocations></resource>