Deck 11: Factorial Design: Part 2

Question 1

A main effect hypothesis focuses on the effect of _____independent variable(s)on the _____ variable,ignoring all other independent variables.

A) a single;dependent
B) multiple;dependent
C) a single;moderating
D) multiple;moderating

Answer 1

a single;dependent

Question 2

Interactions are helpful to study because they tend to:

A) mimic controlled laboratory settings.
B) increase ecological validity.
C) increase experimental control.
D) increase internal validity.

Answer 2

increase ecological validity.

Question 3

In a 2 × 2 factorial design how many possible combinations of the independent variables exist?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Answer 3

5

Question 4

A 4 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design includes how many independent variables?

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8

Question 5

Dr.Muma wishes to utilize research confederates in his upcoming studies.Which of the following would be the best reason to include a research confederate in an experiment?

A) without research confederate's administration of the assessments would be unreliable
B) it would increase internal validity
C) it would increase experimental control and therefore standardization
D) it would decrease external validity and generalizability

Question 6

A 4 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design includes how many levels in the second independent variable?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 7

Hybrid designs include any factorial design that has at least one _____ variable.

A) moderator
B) quasi-independent
C) quasi-experimental
D) nominal

Question 8

Tonya developed hypothetical scenarios for her sociology course.Her professor asked to use her descriptions of hypothetical dating scenarios for an upcoming experimental study.What would be the best term to describe Tonya's scenarios? _____________ is when the influence of one independent variable on the other reverses across the levels of the other variable.

A) a main effect
B) a hypothesis
C) vignettes
D) a marginal effect

Question 9

Dr.Tezin wants to focus on only one independent variable at a time,and ignore the effects of all other independent variables in her upcoming study.Dr.Tezin is most concerned about a:

A) Main effect hypothesis
B) Interaction effect hypothesis
C) Suppression effect
D) Crossover interaction

Question 10

In a 2 × 2 factorial design using a within-subjects design:

A) different participants will experience both levels for both the independent variables.
B) the same participants will experience two levels of the IV and two levels of the DV.
C) different participants will experience only one level for each independent variable.
D) the same participants will experience both levels for both of the independent variables.

Question 11

Rick is conducting a two-way analysis of variance for his research methods term paper.He plans to simultaneously test how two separate _____________ independent variables influence the __________ variable and how those independent variables interact to influence the dependent variable.

A) ordinal;independent
B) nominal;dependent
C) interval;dependent
D) continuous;independent

Question 12

A 2 × 2 factorial design includes _____ levels in the first independent variable.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8

Question 13

An interaction effect hypothesis is a prediction about how the levels of one independent variable combine with another independent to influence the _____in a way that extends beyond the _____of the two separate main effects.

A) dependent variable;sum
B) interaction effect;product
C) dependent variable;quotient
D) dependent variable;product

Question 14

Tyrese wants to conduct a study on how athletics influence a student's practical cognitive flexibility.Which of the following would be the best for optimizing mundane realism?

A) art class
B) a research laboratory
C) a classroom
D) a library

Question 15

Synergistic effect is an effect where two variables ____ to produce an outcome that is _____ than what each individual variable contributes.

A) separate;smaller
B) separate;bigger
C) combine;smaller
D) combine;bigger

Question 16

A 3 × 3 × 2 factorial design includes how many levels in the second independent variable?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 17

Suppression effect is an effect where two variables _____ to produce an outcome that is _____than what each individual variable contributes.

A) separate;smaller
B) separate;bigger
C) combine;smaller
D) combine;bigger

Question 18

How many possible outcomes,including both main effects and interaction effects,are possible for a factorial design with three independent variables?

A) 4
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10

Question 19

A 2 × 2 × 4 factorial design includes how many independent variables?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 20

A two-way analysis of variance is a statistical test that allows researchers to _____ test how two _____nominal or categorical independent variables influence the dependent variable and how those independent variables interact to influence the dependent variable.

A) consecutively;combined
B) consecutively;separate
C) simultaneously;combined
D) simultaneously;separate