Consider the following questions: What are the variables (sample sizes, population, treatments, etc.)? What are the inferential statistics used in this article? Were the proper steps of hypothesis testing followed? Your article critique paper must Determine what question(s) the authors are trying to answer by doing this research, the hypothesis being tested, and the concepts that were applied in this process. Evaluate the article and critique the statistical analysis employed in the study. o Identify the specific statistical tests used. Were the tests appropriate for the situation and type of data? o Would you have included more and/or different variables? Explain your answer. Examine the results, assumptions, interpretations, and limitations of the statistical study. o Interpret the findings of the author(s) using statistical concepts. o What would you have done differently? Why? Discuss how either the statistical test(s) used in this study or the findings of this research might be useful in your future career. This paper attempts to conduct a comparative study of Mental Health Status between Players and Non Players of Amravati City. Researchers took 20 Players and 20 on players for the present study and also age raging from 18-28 years. The mental health inventory (MHI-38) was applied for the collection of data. The inventory included five mental health variables ie Anxiety, Depression, Loss Of Behaviour, Positive Affect, Emotional Ties and Life Satisfaction. The subjects were selected by using simple random sampling method. In this study data were analyzed and interpreted with the help of statistical term 't' test. The findings of the study shows that excepting life satisfaction variable of mental health status of players were better than non players. Determine what questions) the authors are trying to answer by doing this research, the hypothesis being tested International Journal of Sports Sciences and Fitness, Volume 5(1) 2015 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MENTAL HEALTH STATUS BETWEEN PLAYERS AND NON PLAYERS *Raut Tanuja, S. and **Bhat Tanveer Ahmad 1. Assistant Professor, P.G.T.D of Physical Education, S.G.B.A.U., Amravati, INDIA. 2. Research Scholar, San Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, INDIA. Email: tanuja _kathilkar @yahoo.co.in (Received November, 28, 2014, accepted December 12, 2014 This paper attempts to conduct a comparative study of Mental Health Status between Players and Non Players of Amravati City. Researchers took 20 Players and 20 on players for the present study and also age raging from 18-28 years. The mental health inventory (MHI-38) was applied for the collection of data. The inventory included five mental health variables i,e Anxiety, Depression, Loss Of Behaviour, Positive Affect, Emotional Ties and Life Satisfaction. The subjects were selected by using simple random sampling method. In this study data were analyzed and interpreted with the help of statistical term 't' test