Instructions
Book name:Weinberg, R. S., & Gould, D. (2023). Foundations of Sport
Instructions
Book name:Weinberg, R. S., & Gould, D. (2023). Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology (8th ed.). Human Kinetics.
Carefully choose a journal article, pertaining to research on one of the topics addressed thus far in the course (Ch. 3-7) (you may need to do several readings to fully understand it). Note the rationale for the study, its purpose, the basic method used, the results, and the discussion of the results. Unless youve had advanced statistical courses, the results section may be difficult to understand but try to understand as much as you can. Notice that the articles abstract and the discussion section often emphasize the major findings.
Clarification: This is an individual activity in a discussion style submission. You will be submitting your document (text) the same way you would submit a discussion post.
Answer these questio
ns about the study:
What was the purpose of the study?
How was the study conducted? (Who were the subjects? What did the subjects do? Was qualitative or quantitative data collected?)
What was found in the study?
What are the limitations of the study?
Did the author(s) acknowledge the limitations of the study?
Did the results and discussion seem consistent? Explain.
What implications do the studys findings have for us?
If you were conducting research in this area, what would be the next study you would conduct based on the outcome of this study? That is, where do we go from here?
Remember the following about doing a critique of this study:
Dont spend as much time summarizing the article as you do critiquing it.
In your critique, dont just focus on the negative aspects of the study. Rather, try to present a balanced view of the studys strengths and limitations.
You must also provide a link to the article.
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