Developmental Psychologists Study Children at Different Ages

Essay

Developmental psychologists study children at different ages. In this study, the children were tested three times, at ages 5, 6 and 7. At each age, they worked a set of 25 problems. Each problem was a measure of the child's understanding of the concept of conservation (the concept that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape). The scores below represent percentage correct on the set of 25 problems. Calculate a repeated-measures ANOVA, Tukey HSD tests, and write an interpretation. $$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { r r r r } &&\text { Age }\\\text { Child } & 5 & 6 & 7 \\\hline 1 & 4 & 12 & 68 \\2 & 12 & 24 & 80 \\3 & 20 & 16 & 88 \\4 & 20 & 20 & 84\end{array}\end{array}$$