A researcher has second-grade boys and girls view
aggressive or non-aggressive cartoons. After viewing the
cartoons, the children are observed playing in a room that
contains a variety of toys. The number of aggressive acts
displayed by the children is measured. This research design
is an example of a(n) _____ design.
-mixed factorial
-repeated measures
-IV x PV
-interaction - ANS ✔IV x PV
An IV x PV design allows:
- the manipulation of a participant variable.
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- a researcher to investigate how different types of
individuals respond to the same manipulated variable.
- the measurement of the participant variable.
- a researcher to exclude subject variables or attribute
variables from the study. - ANS ✔a researcher to investigate
how different types of individuals respond to the same
manipulated variable.
A researcher finds that for male applicants, the likelihood of
being hired for a job increases as their work experience
increases. However, for female applicants, the likelihood of
being hired is not influenced by the amount of work
experience. In this scenario, which of the following is true?
-There is an effect of gender on work experience.
- There is no interaction between gender and work
experience for female applicants.
-There is an interaction between gender and work
experience.
- There is an effect of work experience on the likelihood of
females being hired. - ANS ✔There is an interaction between
gender and work experience.
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A researcher designs an experiment by manipulating the age
of an applicant (young, middle, old); gender (male, female);
and the type of job applied for (blue collar, white collar).
Identify the type of design this experiment represents.
-3x2
-3x2x3
-3x2x2
-2x2x2 - ANS ✔-3x2x2
A marketing company wants to determine which cola
beverage is most preferred by consumers. A group of
participants tastes Cola A and then rates the taste. The group
then tastes Cola B and rates the taste for this cola. A second
group of participants follows the same procedure. However,
they first taste Cola B and then Cola A. This is an example of
a(n) _____ type of design.
- 2 x 2 independent groups
- 2 x 2 repeated measures
- 2 x 2 mixed factorial
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- IV x PV - ANS ✔2 x 2 mixed factorial
Participants were asked to read two poems that were written
by a male or female author. They were told that one of the
authors was a student majoring in English and the other an
English professor. The participants rated the poem written
by the professor as being of higher quality than the poem
written by the student. This indicates:
-a main effect of gender.
- a main effect of authorship.
- a main effect of quality.
- an interaction between gender and authorship - ANS ✔a
main effect of authorship.
In a factorial design, a main effect is the _____.
- effect of one independent variable at one level of another
independent variable
- effect of one independent variable averaged over the levels
of the other independent variables
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