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Question 1
2 out of 2 points
________ for a main effect indicates that the particular IV caused a significant
difference in the DV scores.
Selected Answer:
A significant F ratio
Answers:
An insignificant F ratio
A significant F ratio
A post hoc comparison
An interrelated effect
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
When interpreting factorial design data as presented on a line graph,
Selected
Answer:
main effects are parallel lines and interactions are converging
lines.
Answers:
main effects are converging lines and interactions are parallel lines.
both main effects and interactions are converging lines.
both main effects and interactions are parallel lines.
main effects are parallel lines and interactions are converging
lines.
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
A factorial design in which participants are randomly assigned to groups is called a
________ design.
Selected Answer:
between-subjects factorial
Answers:
matched sets
within-subjects factorial
between-subjects factorial
mixed assignment
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
If you were a professor, what advice would you give a student who proposes the
following research project in order to increase the efficiency of the experiment? Study 1
will investigate the effect of an instructor’s gender on student evaluations of the course
and Study 2 will investigate the effect of upper level versus lower level courses on
student evaluations of the course.
Selected
Answer:
Conduct a 2 X 2 factorial design instead of two individual
experiments.
Answers:
Conduct a power analysis after data collection.
Collect very small sample sizes for each condition.
Conduct a 2 X 2 factorial design instead of two individual
experiments.
Collect large sample sizes that only contain males for each
condition.
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
A _______ design has a mixture of independent groups for one independent variable
and correlated groups for another independent variable.
Selected Answer:
mixed assignment
Answers:
mixed correlational
correlational
correlated factorial
mixed assignment
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
If all of the IVs in your experiment use correlated groups, you are using a ______
factorial design.
Selected Answer:
within-subjects
Answers:
between-subjects
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