NOTE: BE SURE that the article that you abstract is a RESEARCH sport psychology article on goal setting. The research conducted will either be quantitative (see objective analysis criteria above) or qualitative (data gathered on a smaller number of people over a longer period of time). In order to obtain credit for this assignment, the abstract must (1) contain each of the parts mentioned in the objective analysis above, and (2) be word-processed

Goal Setting Abstract outline

1. Class Information - name, date, course name & number.
2. Source- List APA style:

Name of Author(s), (date). Name of article. Name of Journal, Volume#, pages in the article.

(The citation above is a REPLICATION of the form that should be used.)

1. Objective analysis - Should be in paragraph form and should consist of four parts: (1) Purpose of the study (basic reason the study was proposed), (2) Methods (number and types of experiments involved, number of subjects involved with experiments, where was research accomplished, procedure used during experiment), (3) Results (summary of all statistical data that was made available), and (4) Conclusions (what conclusions did the author gather from the results). ( 250 words minimum)
2. Subjective analysis- Should be in paragraph form and should answer the following questions: Why did you choose this article? Do you feel the findings are valid and/or reliable? Why/why not? Did the author use logical rationalism or empirical verification to come to his/her conclusion? Was the conclusion based upon the facts (results) presented in the article? (100 words minimum)
3. Personal interpretation - How do you personally feel about this article? Would you suggest it as good reading to another student taking this class? How do you feel the article might be improved? (100 words minimum)