EDUC 750 RESEARCH DESIGN PROJECT: QUANTITATIVE PRE-MATRIX TABLE TEMPLATE latest update
fall 2025/2026 Liberty University
Shanay Y. Howard
School of Education, Liberty University
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Article Type Basic Research Article: Non-Experimental Research Design (QUAN-B)
Article Reference Yukhymenko-Lescroart, M.A. (2021). The role of passion for sport in college student-
athletes’ motivation and effort in academics and athletics. International Journal of
Educational Research Open, 2, 100055.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2021.100055
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Yukhymenko-Lescroart (2021)
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Rationale with support from article This study used survey responses along with correlation analyses to test theoretical
for how you know it is basic or relationships between passion type and motivation. They did not manipulate variables in the
applied research (include study. Based on the goal to help advance theory on motivation in educational sport settings
page/paragraph #) it can be concluded this is basic, non-experimental research (Yukhymenko-Lescroart, 2021,
p. 2, para 2 ).
Rationale with support from As stated in the text by Kitsantas et al., 2023, p.12, basic research can be very useful in
textbook for how you know it is theory development like what we saw in this study around the theory on motivation in sport.
basic or applied research (include Additionally, as stated on p. 85, in the same text, “with non-experimental designs,
page #) researchers do not manipulate variables.” This study did not manipulate variables.
Specific quantitative research The specific quantitative research design is correlational (non-experimental)
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