Do student athletes perform better in class than normal students?

• What area of interest/research question do you wish to explore through a research study design?

I want to know if student athletes perform better in class than normal students.

• What variables or concepts are you looking to observe and/or manipulate?

I want to look the students performance in class by the two groups.

• What type of design would best suit your research question? (Experimental, Correlational, etc)

Correlational would be the best option.

• What research method would you use to conduct your experiment? (Survey, case study, naturalistic observation, lab experiment, etc.)

I would like to use case study to observe the individuals of both groups of students.

• Give a hypothesis about what you think you might find.

I think that normal students perform better in class because they are more determinated on what they want to do in college. On the other hand, some students athletes go to college just because they want to get scholarships for play, so they neglect their classes because of the sports.

• What might be the benefits and implications of this study? In other words, who would gain from it?

The benefit of this case would be acknowledge. Students athletes have to recognize that sometimes perform good in class is more important that play sports.

• Please reflect on the process of designing this experiment. What were the challenges you faced? Was this more/less difficult than you expected? How?

it was not difficult for me. I tried to compared my experiences as a college baseball player with my friends and I found out that they perform better in class than me and others students athletes.