Deck 12: Complex Experimental Design

Question 1

In a study examining the effects of gender (male or female)and major (psychology,computer science,philosophy,or biology)on college students' willingness to perform community service work,how many main effects are possible?

A)3
B)6
C)5
D)2

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A 3x3x3x3 design has _____ potential main effects.

A)3
B)4
C)12
D)81

Answer 2

B

Question 3

How many conditions would there be in a factorial design with 2 levels of factor A and three levels of factor B?

A)2
B)3
C)5
D)6

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A main effect indicates

A)the mean differences among the levels of one variable.
B)the mean differences among the levels of all variables.
C)the mean difference between the two variables.
D)none of the above

Question 5

In a study examining the effects of gender (male or female)and major (psychology,computer science,philosophy,or biology)on college students' willingness to perform community service work,how many interaction effects are possible?

A)1
B)2
C)6
D)5

Question 6

Two variables interact when

A)the effect of one independent variable depends on the level of the other independent variable.
B)both variables are affected equally by some third factor.
C)there are no main effects.
D)there are main effects.

Question 7

For a two-way factorial design there is the possibility of _____ main effect(s)and _____ interaction effect(s).

A)2; 2
B)1; 2
C)2; 1
D)2; 4

Question 8

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating SS_Total is

A) $\Sigma$ (X- _G)².

B) $\Sigma$ (X-
_g)².
C) $\Sigma$ [( _g -
_G)²n].
D) $\Sigma$ [( _g -
_G)²].

Question 9

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating SS_{Factor A} is

A) $\Sigma$ (X- _G)².

B) $\Sigma$ (X-
_g)².
C) $\Sigma$ [( _A -
_G)²n_A].
D) $\Sigma$ [( _A -
_g)²].

Question 10

An experiment with two variables each with three levels is a _____ design.

A)3x3
B)2x2
C)2x2x2
D)3x3x3

Question 11

A two-way ANOVA means that the experimental design includes

A)two independent variables.
B)two dependent variables.
C)two types of variance.
D)all of the above

Question 12

For a 2 x 4 factorial design,there is the possibility of _____ main effect(s)and _____ interaction effect(s).

A)2; 4
B)2; 1
C)4; 8
D)8; 8

Question 13

When graphed,a significant interaction will definitely have

A)parallel lines.
B)lines with markedly different slopes.
C)a crossover interaction.
D)none of the above

Question 14

In a study examining the effects of time of day (morning or afternoon)and temperature (cool,normal,warm)on worker productivity,the factorial notation would be

A)2 x 2.
B)2 x 3.
C)2 x 5.
D)1 x 6.

Question 15

In a study examining the effects of time of day (morning or afternoon)and temperature (cool,normal,warm)on worker productivity,how many interaction effect(s)are possible?

A)1
B)2
C)6
D)5

Question 16

An experiment with four variables each with two levels is a _____ design.

A)2x4
B)2x2
C)2x2x2x2
D)2x3x4

Question 17

In a matrix for a factorial design,the row means and column means represent the effects of

A)extraneous factors.
B)individual differences.
C)an interaction.
D)a single factor (variable).

Question 18

A 2x3x4 factorial design has _____ potential main effects.

A)2
B)3
C)4
D)24

Question 19

In a study examining the effects of gender (male or female)and major (psychology,computer science,philosophy,or biology)on college students' willingness to perform community service work,what is the factorial notation?

A)2 x 2.
B)2 x 3.
C)2 x 4.
D)1 x 6.

Question 20

In a study examining the effects of time of day (morning or afternoon)and temperature (cool,normal,warm)on worker productivity,how many main effects are possible?

A)3
B)6
C)5
D)2

Question 21

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating SS_{Factor B} is

A) $\Sigma$ (X- _G)².

B) $\Sigma$ (X-
_B)².
C) $\Sigma$ [( _B -
_G)²n_B].
D) $\Sigma$ [( _B -
_g)²].

Question 22

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating df_Error is

A)AB(n - 1).
B)n - AB.
C)(A - 1)(B - 1).
D)(AB - 1)(N - 1).

Question 23

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating df_{Factor B} is

A)N - 1.
B)B - 1.
C)k- 1.
D)(k - 1)(N - 1).

Question 24

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the final F ratio for Factor B is determined by dividing _____ by _____.

A)MS_{Factor B}; MS_Error
B)MS_Error; MS_Between
C)MS_Between; df_Between
D)MS_{Factor B}; df_Within

Question 25

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,to calculate MS_A×B we divide _____ by _____.

A)SS_{Factor B}; df_{Factor B}
B)SS_Total; df_Total
C)SS_A×B; df_A×B
D)SS_A×B; df_Error

Question 26

A factorial design has two levels of factor A and three levels of factor B with 6 participants in each condition.The F-ratio for the interaction of A x B would have _____ degrees of freedom.

A)2,35
B)2,30
C)6,35
D)6,30

Question 27

In a study with 3 levels of factor A,three levels of factor B,and 6 participants in each condition,the dfs for factors A and B respectively would be _____ and _____.

A)3; 3
B)2; 3
C)3; 2
D)2; 2

Question 28

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating df_Factor A is

A)A - 1.
B)N - A.
C)k - 1.
D)N - (k - 1).

Question 29

In a study with three levels of factor A,three levels of factor B,and 6 participants in each condition,the df for the interaction of A x B would be

A)9.
B)6.
C)4.
D)3.

Question 30

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,to calculate MS_Factor A we divide _____ by _____.

A)SS_Total; df_Total
B)SS_{Factor A}; df_{Factor A}
C)SS_Within; df_Within
D)SS_Factor A; df_Error

Question 31

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating SS_Error is

A) $\Sigma$ (X - _C)².

B) $\Sigma$ (X-
_C)² -SS_P.
C) $\Sigma$ [( _C -
_G)²n] -SS_P.
D) $\Sigma$ [( _C-
_G)²].

Question 32

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,to calculate MS_{Factor B} we divide _____ by _____.

A)SS_{Factor B}; df_{Factor B}
B)SS_Total; df_Total
C)SS_Within; df_Within
D)SS_{Factor B}; df_Error

Question 33

A factorial design has two levels of factor A and three levels of factor B with 6 participants in each condition.The F-ratio for factor B would have _____ degrees of freedom.

A)1,35
B)1,30
C)2,35
D)2,30

Question 34

A factorial design has two levels of factor A and three levels of factor B with 6 participants in each condition.The F-ratio for factor A would have _____ degrees of freedom.

A)1,35
B)1,30
C)2,35
D)2,30

Question 35

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating df_A×B is

A)n - 1.
B)n - AB.
C)(A - 1)(B - 1).
D)(AB - 1)(N - 1).

Question 36

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the final F ratio for Factor A is determined by dividing _____ by _____.

A)MS_Error; MS_Between
B)MS_{Factor A}; MS_Error
C)MS_Between; df_Between
D)MS_Error; df_Within

Question 37

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,to calculate MS_Error we divide _____ by _____.

A)SS_Total; df_Total
B)SS_Between; df_Between
C)SS_Error; df_Error
D)SS_Between; df_Within

Question 38

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating df_Total is

A)N - 1.
B)N - k.
C)k -1.
D)N - (k - 1).

Question 39

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the formula for calculating SS_A×B is

A) $\Sigma$ (X- _G)².

B) [ $\Sigma$ (
_C -
_G)²n_C] - SS_A - SS_B.
C) $\Sigma$ [( _A -
_G)²n_B].
D)[ $\Sigma$ ( _C -
_G)²n_C].

Question 40

In a study with three levels of factor A,three levels of factor B,and 6 participants in each condition,the df error would be

A)45.
B)20.
C)53.
D)54.

Question 41

Two-way ANOVA is to _____ variables as three-way ANOVA is to _____ variables.

A)two independent; three dependent
B)two dependent; three dependent
C)two independent; three independent
D)two dependent; three independent

Question 42

In a two-way factorial ANOVA,the final F ratio for Factor A×B is determined by dividing _____ by _____.

A)MS_Error; MS_Between
B)MS_{Factor A}; MS_Error
C)MS_Between; df_Between
D)MS_A×B; MS_Error

Question 43

Per the experiment discussed in the text (i.e.,2 IV's - Word Type-Concrete vs.Abstract and Rehearsal Type-Elaborative vs.Rote and one DV-% of words recalled correctly),show the graph for the experimental results of NO main effect of rehearsal,NO interaction effect,and NO main effect of Word Type.Hint: First,construct a matrix of what you think the cell means as that should be helpful to you.

Question 44

How many main effects and interaction effects could you have in a 4 x 6 factorial design?

Question 45

How many conditions (cells)are there in a 3 x 5 design?

Question 46

Provide the factorial notation for the following experimental design.Two independent variables:
1.Crust Type (thick,thin,pan,and hand-tossed)
2.Topping Type (plain,sausage,pepperoni,veggie,anchovy,and everything)