Peer Review History
| Original SubmissionFebruary 2, 2021 |
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PONE-D-21-03687 Effects of a Sport-Based Positive Youth Development Program on Youth Life skills and Entrepreneurial Mindsets PLOS ONE Dear Dr. Malete, Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Therefore, we invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process. Please submit your revised manuscript by Aug 19 2021 11:59PM. If you will need more time than this to complete your revisions, please reply to this message or contact the journal office at plosone@plos.org. When you're ready to submit your revision, log on to https://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/ and select the 'Submissions Needing Revision' folder to locate your manuscript file. Please include the following items when submitting your revised manuscript:
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Experiments must have been conducted rigorously, with appropriate controls, replication, and sample sizes. The conclusions must be drawn appropriately based on the data presented. Reviewer #1: No Reviewer #2: Partly ********** 2. Has the statistical analysis been performed appropriately and rigorously? Reviewer #1: No Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 3. Have the authors made all data underlying the findings in their manuscript fully available? The PLOS Data policy requires authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction, with rare exception (please refer to the Data Availability Statement in the manuscript PDF file). The data should be provided as part of the manuscript or its supporting information, or deposited to a public repository. For example, in addition to summary statistics, the data points behind means, medians and variance measures should be available. If there are restrictions on publicly sharing data—e.g. participant privacy or use of data from a third party—those must be specified. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 4. Is the manuscript presented in an intelligible fashion and written in standard English? PLOS ONE does not copyedit accepted manuscripts, so the language in submitted articles must be clear, correct, and unambiguous. Any typographical or grammatical errors should be corrected at revision, so please note any specific errors here. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 5. Review Comments to the Author Please use the space provided to explain your answers to the questions above. You may also include additional comments for the author, including concerns about dual publication, research ethics, or publication ethics. (Please upload your review as an attachment if it exceeds 20,000 characters) Reviewer #1: I enjoyed reading this manuscript reporting a study on a sports-based intervention with the aim to enhance life skills and entrepreneurial mindset. I think it addresses an interesting topic and it could present a valuable contribution to the literature. However, I also came across a number of (major and minor) points that should be addressed to enhance its contribution. I will address these roughly in order of their appearance in the manuscript. (1) The introduction is quite long and might benefit from streamlining. In the beginning, the rationale for the study is not stated very clearly and I think this could also benefit from presenting the arguments in a more concise manner. (2) There are no specific hypotheses presented, in particular not regarding the subscales of the life skills measure, which is in contrast to what is presented in the results section. If the main goal is, in fact, to study the effects on the subscales, this should be argued in the introduction and specific hypotheses should be put forward. (3) The age range from 12 to 20 seems quite wide. What were the reasons for this wide age range and what are potential consequences? (4) How were participants recruited? (5) It seems that the numbers of participants (in particular those of the dropouts) across the subsamples do not add up to the total sample. Please check these numbers. It would also be helpful to describe how missing data was handled. (6) On p. 8, it is described that intervention and control group were "very similar" on several variables. This should also be tested. (7) There is conflicting information provided about how participants were assigned to the intervention or the control group (randomly vs. matched for gender and school level). How was this done exactly? (8) Did I understand it correctly that all participants were active athletes? To what extend does this influence which conclusions can be drawn from the study? (9) Did participants have to pay for camp participation or were there any incentives for participating in the study? (10) Were there any considerations regarding statistical power or how was the sample size determined? (11) In the measure section, it is stated that PYD was assessed. In my view, it would be more accurate to refer to life skills here as this was actually assessed. (12) The low subscale reliabilities for the GET2 should nonetheless be reported. Are they in line with previous literature on the measure, or could they also indicate poor data quality? (13) Exact p-values should be reported instead of "p < .05". (14) Figure 1: What types of error bars are displayed here? (15) In general, the results section needs strong improvement. As it is, it is very hard to follow and to determine which results are actually relevant for the research questions. I would suggest to streamline the results section, to focus on the time*group interactions, which are what is actually hypothesized (in my understanding) and also to refrain from reporting non-significant trends. (16) There are a lot of tests reported. How are the effects of multiple testing accounted for? (17) The discussion fails to address the finding that the total scores on life skills did not improve. This should be elaborated in more detail. Reviewer #2: In general, this is an interesting and attractive subject. However, there are a few areas that need redress. Kindly improve on the connect/links between paragraphs and literature. Let it flow. Strengthen the global and local context from the three African countries. Bring out cases in the sport-based youth Development Programs that exhibited success/failure from both global and local perspectives. Try to inform your reader how PYD play an important role in supporting the all-inclusive development of youths. The author(s) need to support the discussion about the objectives of the paper. The author's discussion, findings and conclusions should answer the key objectives of the study. The objectives appear to be thrown around. Kindly state the objectives clearly and address them in your findings and conclusion. Avoid mixing them. In your discussion, Try to inform your reader on how widely you researched the topic on which you're writing. This is very important for the bibliographic studies In addition, the authors may wish to link their study with the current need of international development agencies which have refocused their attention on strategies to enhance livelihoods (i.e, the youths in the three countries can improve), including the UN Development Program and World Bank. Indeed, for example the United Nations (2020) emphasizes livelihoods directly in relation to three of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), e.g. including Goal 1: no poverty. The authors may further refer to the manuscript to redress a few issues and typos 1. On line 58; Write PYD in full for the first time, then abbreviate 2. 107; The author may need have a diagram illustrating the Conceptual Framework in which the relevant study variables are clearly shown. Which data are you dealing with??? If you don’t have to show your conceptual framework, then use econometric models if possible. 3. 359; The authors may delete "test was" 4. The authors may check for more spelling error and spacing. there are many This paper is good if the above comments are addressed. ********** 6. PLOS authors have the option to publish the peer review history of their article (what does this mean?). If published, this will include your full peer review and any attached files. If you choose “no”, your identity will remain anonymous but your review may still be made public. Do you want your identity to be public for this peer review? 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PONE-D-21-03687R1Effects of a Sport-Based Positive Youth Development Program on Youth Life skills and Entrepreneurial MindsetsPLOS ONE Dear Dr. Malete, Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Certainly, a few minor issues highlighted by Reviewer #1 will need to be resolved before acceptance. Therefore, I invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process. In addition, whilst I am aware that you shared a link to the dataset in the original submission, your revision did not include that. So, please ensure your revised manuscript offers access to the study data. Please submit your revised manuscript by Jan 17 2022 11:59PM. If you will need more time than this to complete your revisions, please reply to this message or contact the journal office at plosone@plos.org. When you're ready to submit your revision, log on to https://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/ and select the 'Submissions Needing Revision' folder to locate your manuscript file. Please include the following items when submitting your revised manuscript:
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If you have cited papers that have been retracted, please include the rationale for doing so in the manuscript text, or remove these references and replace them with relevant current references. Any changes to the reference list should be mentioned in the rebuttal letter that accompanies your revised manuscript. If you need to cite a retracted article, indicate the article’s retracted status in the References list and also include a citation and full reference for the retraction notice. [Note: HTML markup is below. Please do not edit.] Reviewers' comments: Reviewer's Responses to Questions Comments to the Author 1. If the authors have adequately addressed your comments raised in a previous round of review and you feel that this manuscript is now acceptable for publication, you may indicate that here to bypass the “Comments to the Author” section, enter your conflict of interest statement in the “Confidential to Editor” section, and submit your "Accept" recommendation. Reviewer #1: (No Response) Reviewer #2: All comments have been addressed ********** 2. Is the manuscript technically sound, and do the data support the conclusions? The manuscript must describe a technically sound piece of scientific research with data that supports the conclusions. Experiments must have been conducted rigorously, with appropriate controls, replication, and sample sizes. The conclusions must be drawn appropriately based on the data presented. Reviewer #1: Partly Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 3. Has the statistical analysis been performed appropriately and rigorously? Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 4. Have the authors made all data underlying the findings in their manuscript fully available? The PLOS Data policy requires authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction, with rare exception (please refer to the Data Availability Statement in the manuscript PDF file). The data should be provided as part of the manuscript or its supporting information, or deposited to a public repository. For example, in addition to summary statistics, the data points behind means, medians and variance measures should be available. If there are restrictions on publicly sharing data—e.g. participant privacy or use of data from a third party—those must be specified. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 5. Is the manuscript presented in an intelligible fashion and written in standard English? PLOS ONE does not copyedit accepted manuscripts, so the language in submitted articles must be clear, correct, and unambiguous. Any typographical or grammatical errors should be corrected at revision, so please note any specific errors here. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 6. Review Comments to the Author Please use the space provided to explain your answers to the questions above. You may also include additional comments for the author, including concerns about dual publication, research ethics, or publication ethics. (Please upload your review as an attachment if it exceeds 20,000 characters) Reviewer #1: I want to congratulate the authors on a thorough revision of the manuscript. I think that the changes made helped strengthen the contribution of the manuscript. I only have a few minor suggestions to make: (1) Data availability: If I didn’t miss anything, you state that the data set is available but not where it can be accessed. (2) Power: Thank you for adding a power analysis. However, a lot of your discussion focuses on differences between the three samples – something that you did not plan for in your power analysis. I would suggest to substantially shorten the discussion of the differences between the three samples as the sample sizes in each country do not seem sufficient for drawing meaningful conclusions on this question. (3) A minor thing but I thought it was confusing that the samples a referred to by the country name. I would suggested referring to the „Ghanaian sample“ or „sample collected in Ghana“ instead of just „Ghana“, for instance. Reviewer #2: The current text of authors' manuscript suggests that all comments highlighted in the earlier review have been satisfactorily addressed. The manuscript is technically sound in its current state as data appear to support the conclusions. I am certainly convinced that this manuscript is now fit for publication by this journal. ********** 7. PLOS authors have the option to publish the peer review history of their article (what does this mean?). If published, this will include your full peer review and any attached files. If you choose “no”, your identity will remain anonymous but your review may still be made public. Do you want your identity to be public for this peer review? 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PONE-D-21-03687R2Effects of a Sport-Based Positive Youth Development Program on Youth Life skills and Entrepreneurial MindsetsPLOS ONE Dear Dr. Malete, Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Therefore, we invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process. Please submit your revised manuscript by Jan 23 2022 11:59PM. If you will need more time than this to complete your revisions, please reply to this message or contact the journal office at plosone@plos.org. When you're ready to submit your revision, log on to https://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/ and select the 'Submissions Needing Revision' folder to locate your manuscript file. Please include the following items when submitting your revised manuscript:
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If you have cited papers that have been retracted, please include the rationale for doing so in the manuscript text, or remove these references and replace them with relevant current references. Any changes to the reference list should be mentioned in the rebuttal letter that accompanies your revised manuscript. If you need to cite a retracted article, indicate the article’s retracted status in the References list and also include a citation and full reference for the retraction notice. [Note: HTML markup is below. Please do not edit.] Reviewers' comments: Reviewer's Responses to Questions Comments to the Author 1. If the authors have adequately addressed your comments raised in a previous round of review and you feel that this manuscript is now acceptable for publication, you may indicate that here to bypass the “Comments to the Author” section, enter your conflict of interest statement in the “Confidential to Editor” section, and submit your "Accept" recommendation. Reviewer #1: (No Response) ********** 2. Is the manuscript technically sound, and do the data support the conclusions? The manuscript must describe a technically sound piece of scientific research with data that supports the conclusions. Experiments must have been conducted rigorously, with appropriate controls, replication, and sample sizes. The conclusions must be drawn appropriately based on the data presented. Reviewer #1: Partly ********** 3. Has the statistical analysis been performed appropriately and rigorously? Reviewer #1: Yes ********** 4. Have the authors made all data underlying the findings in their manuscript fully available? The PLOS Data policy requires authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction, with rare exception (please refer to the Data Availability Statement in the manuscript PDF file). The data should be provided as part of the manuscript or its supporting information, or deposited to a public repository. For example, in addition to summary statistics, the data points behind means, medians and variance measures should be available. If there are restrictions on publicly sharing data—e.g. participant privacy or use of data from a third party—those must be specified. Reviewer #1: No ********** 5. Is the manuscript presented in an intelligible fashion and written in standard English? PLOS ONE does not copyedit accepted manuscripts, so the language in submitted articles must be clear, correct, and unambiguous. Any typographical or grammatical errors should be corrected at revision, so please note any specific errors here. Reviewer #1: Yes ********** 6. Review Comments to the Author Please use the space provided to explain your answers to the questions above. You may also include additional comments for the author, including concerns about dual publication, research ethics, or publication ethics. (Please upload your review as an attachment if it exceeds 20,000 characters) Reviewer #1: Thank you for addressing my comments and also providing a link to the data file, which is great. Unfortunately, this data file does not seem to contain all information relevant to perform the analyses reported in the sample. For instance, there is no information on the condition, the time of data collection (or how to tell which IDs belonged to the same person), and it only contains the LSSS but not the GET-variables. Please update this dataset so that an independent researcher would be able to understand the data set and replicate your analyses. ********** 7. PLOS authors have the option to publish the peer review history of their article (what does this mean?). If published, this will include your full peer review and any attached files. 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Effects of a Sport-Based Positive Youth Development Program on Youth Life skills and Entrepreneurial Mindsets PONE-D-21-03687R3 Dear Dr. Malete, We’re pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been judged scientifically suitable for publication and will be formally accepted for publication once it meets all outstanding technical requirements. Within one week, you’ll receive an e-mail detailing the required amendments. When these have been addressed, you’ll receive a formal acceptance letter and your manuscript will be scheduled for publication. An invoice for payment will follow shortly after the formal acceptance. To ensure an efficient process, please log into Editorial Manager at http://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/, click the 'Update My Information' link at the top of the page, and double check that your user information is up-to-date. If you have any billing related questions, please contact our Author Billing department directly at authorbilling@plos.org. If your institution or institutions have a press office, please notify them about your upcoming paper to help maximize its impact. If they’ll be preparing press materials, please inform our press team as soon as possible -- no later than 48 hours after receiving the formal acceptance. Your manuscript will remain under strict press embargo until 2 pm Eastern Time on the date of publication. For more information, please contact onepress@plos.org. Kind regards, Ali B. Mahmoud, Ph.D. Academic Editor PLOS ONE Additional Editor Comments (optional): Reviewers' comments: Reviewer's Responses to Questions Comments to the Author 1. If the authors have adequately addressed your comments raised in a previous round of review and you feel that this manuscript is now acceptable for publication, you may indicate that here to bypass the “Comments to the Author” section, enter your conflict of interest statement in the “Confidential to Editor” section, and submit your "Accept" recommendation. Reviewer #1: All comments have been addressed ********** 2. Is the manuscript technically sound, and do the data support the conclusions? The manuscript must describe a technically sound piece of scientific research with data that supports the conclusions. Experiments must have been conducted rigorously, with appropriate controls, replication, and sample sizes. The conclusions must be drawn appropriately based on the data presented. Reviewer #1: Yes ********** 3. Has the statistical analysis been performed appropriately and rigorously? Reviewer #1: Yes ********** 4. Have the authors made all data underlying the findings in their manuscript fully available? The PLOS Data policy requires authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction, with rare exception (please refer to the Data Availability Statement in the manuscript PDF file). The data should be provided as part of the manuscript or its supporting information, or deposited to a public repository. For example, in addition to summary statistics, the data points behind means, medians and variance measures should be available. If there are restrictions on publicly sharing data—e.g. participant privacy or use of data from a third party—those must be specified. Reviewer #1: Yes ********** 5. Is the manuscript presented in an intelligible fashion and written in standard English? PLOS ONE does not copyedit accepted manuscripts, so the language in submitted articles must be clear, correct, and unambiguous. Any typographical or grammatical errors should be corrected at revision, so please note any specific errors here. Reviewer #1: Yes ********** 6. Review Comments to the Author Please use the space provided to explain your answers to the questions above. You may also include additional comments for the author, including concerns about dual publication, research ethics, or publication ethics. (Please upload your review as an attachment if it exceeds 20,000 characters) Reviewer #1: (No Response) ********** 7. PLOS authors have the option to publish the peer review history of their article (what does this mean?). If published, this will include your full peer review and any attached files. If you choose “no”, your identity will remain anonymous but your review may still be made public. Do you want your identity to be public for this peer review? For information about this choice, including consent withdrawal, please see our Privacy Policy. Reviewer #1: No |
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PONE-D-21-03687R3 Effects of a Sport-Based Positive Youth Development Program on Youth Life skills and Entrepreneurial Mindsets Dear Dr. Malete: I'm pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been deemed suitable for publication in PLOS ONE. Congratulations! Your manuscript is now with our production department. If your institution or institutions have a press office, please let them know about your upcoming paper now to help maximize its impact. If they'll be preparing press materials, please inform our press team within the next 48 hours. Your manuscript will remain under strict press embargo until 2 pm Eastern Time on the date of publication. For more information please contact onepress@plos.org. If we can help with anything else, please email us at plosone@plos.org. Thank you for submitting your work to PLOS ONE and supporting open access. Kind regards, PLOS ONE Editorial Office Staff on behalf of Dr. Ali B. Mahmoud Academic Editor PLOS ONE |
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