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The purpose of this study was to identify, categorize, and analyze published process-product research on physical education teaching methods completed between1960 and 2009. A literature search utilizing electronic databases yielded 138 studies which met the criteria for inclusion in the analysis. Each study was analyzed to obtain information on (a) the decade the study was published, (b) the number of authors, (c) the publication outlet, (d) the type of class, (e) the sampling method, (f) the effect size, (g) the statistics used, and (h) the statistical assumptions. The results indicated that most studies were the result of collaboration efforts among researchers. Also, intact classes rather than randomization were the most common technique used for forming the experimental groups. In the majority of the studies, the selection of the sample was done by means of purposive sampling techniques. A large proportion of the studies used univariate statistics to complete the data analysis. However, the majority of the papers reviewed did not report effect size values nor did they report fulfillment of certain statistical assumptions. The major publication outlet for process-product research was the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.