Assignment Paper

· Locate a research study related to sport and exercise psychology and present an analysis of the article in a minimum of 300–500 words by addressing the following points:

· Provide a brief overview of the problem studied, the research design, and the participants in the study.

· If you were the researcher conducting this study and found that you were not familiar with the particular research population, what steps would you take to prepare yourself to conduct research with this population?

· Was any deception used in this study? If so, why was this deception necessary? If not, do you think that the study would have benefited from any kind of deception?

· What steps did the researcher take to protect his or her participants?

· If you were the researcher, would you have conducted this study in the same way in regard to ethics and protection of the participants? If not, what changes would you make? Why?

Remember to give the complete citation of the article you review.

Support your rationale and analysis by using at least two resources from professional literature in your response. Your discussion posts and all written assignments should reflect graduate-level writing skills and appropriate use of APA style, including in-text citations and references.