Assignment task: Quantitative Article Review Assignment Instructions
Overview:
Understanding the differences between Quantitative and Qualitative Research is vital to further dissecting and digesting the volumes of literature in this course. Quantitative Research Methods employs a great deal of gathering, organizing, assessing, and presenting numerical data. Since much of the professional research published in the Sport Profession is quantitively-oriented, it is vital to discern and apply this sort of research in your review. The best way to comprehend quantitative research methods is to study it intimately while dissecting and re-presenting a pristine summary of a single statistically-packed quantitative research study. Learn the intricacies of a major published research project regarding your topic from Abstract through References writing a thorough analysis of one.
Instructions:
Choose 1 quantitative article related to your Literature Review or Alternative Assignment and compose a 2-page review of it. Your review must include 2 sections after a proper Title Page: (1) a summary of the article and (2) a critical analysis of the article.
Your summary must include:
- The purpose of the study
- Description of participants/sample
- The research design (e.g., experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, regression, etc.)
- Method of data collection (survey, test, questionnaire, etc.)
- Statistical analysis (t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), chi square, Pearson product moment correlation, Spearman rho, etc.)
Results:
Your analysis must include:
- Opportunities for further research not already stated in the article
- Threats to validity or rival hypotheses not already discussed
- Other original insight or criticism
- Implications of the findings