Deck 11: Factorial Design: Part 1

Question 1

A 2003 study investigating complex genes and body scent attractiveness in men and women found that:

A) men preferred the scent of attractive women with higher probability of conception.
B) women preferred the scent of asymmetrical men over symmetrical men.
C) woman using contraceptives during the most fertile part of their menstrual tended to prefer symmetrical men's scents over asymmetrical men's scents.
D) women preferred the scent of attractive men.

Answer 1

men preferred the scent of attractive women with higher probability of conception.

Question 2

_____ refers to the average of the dependent variable for participants with a specific combination of the levels of the independent variables.

A) Cell mean
B) Marginal mean
C) Main effect
D) Crossover interaction

Answer 2

Cell mean

Question 3

Marginal mean refers to the average of all participants on _____ level(s)of the _____ variable.

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

Answer 3

one;independent

Question 4

_____ is a statistical test that allows researchers to simultaneously test how two separate nominal or categorical independent variables influence the dependent variable and how those independent variables interact to influence the dependent variable.

A) A two-analysis of variance
B) A one-way analysis of variance
C) A repeated-measures analysis of variance
D) A chi-square test for independence

Question 5

_____ is a prediction that focuses on one independent variable at a time,ignoring all other independent variables.

A) A main effect hypothesis
B) An interaction effect hypothesis
C) A suppression effect
D) A crossover interaction

Question 6

You can exclude study participants for all of these reasons EXCEPT:

A) on the basis of researcher judgment that other individuals would benefit more from participation.
B) on the basis of previous research indicating that certain participants are more appropriate.
C) on the basis of medical history that it may be medically unhealthy,damaging,or problematic for them to participate in the study.
D) on the basis of researcher judgment that the study will obtain greater significance if those individuals are prohibited from participating.

Question 7

____ 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 correlation
C) A crossover interaction
D) A marginal effect

Question 8

_____ is any factorial design that has at least one quasi-independent variable.

A) A one-way ANOVA
B) A chi-square test of independence
C) A factorial design
D) A hybrid design

Question 9

_____ is an effect in which two variables combine to produce an outcome that is smaller than what each individual variable contributes.

A) Carryover effect
B) Synergistic effect
C) Main effect
D) Suppression effect

Question 10

_____ is an effect in which two variables combine to produce an outcome that is bigger than what each individual variable contributes.

A) Carryover effect
B) Synergistic effect
C) Main effect
D) Suppression effect

Question 11

_____ is a description of a hypothetical situation,event,or scenario to which participants react.

A) A vignette
B) A main effect hypothesis
C) A synergistic effect
D) Mundane realism

Question 12

______ is when one independent variable's influence on the dependent variable changes depending on the level of the other independent variable(s).

A) A factorial design
B) An interaction
C) A correlation
D) An effect size

Question 13

_____ is any experimental design that has more than one independent variable.

A) A one-way ANOVA
B) A chi-square test of independence
C) A factorial design
D) A hybrid design

Question 14

______ refers to the average of all participants on one level of the independent variable,ignoring the other independent variable.

A) Cell mean
B) Interaction
C) Marginal mean
D) Hybrid design

Question 15

A two-way analysis of variance is a statistical test that allows researchers to simultaneously test how two separate _____ or categorical 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) nominal;independent

Question 16

Ramona wants to conduct a study on how poetry influences student's creativity.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 17

Why would using research confederates be helpful in an experiment?

A) Research confederates are often peers of the participants.
B) Research confederates increase internal validity.
C) Research confederates increase experimental control and therefore standardization.
D) Research confederates decrease external validity and generalizability.

Question 18

Based on the research which of the following would be an example of an innocuous pick-up line?

A) Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?
B) Where are you from?
C) I'm huggable like a teddy bear,are you?
D) I am very interested in you.

Question 19

In a 1986 study examining preferences for opening lines among men and women researchers found:

A) three main types of pick-up lines: cute/innocuous/direct.
B) two main types of pick-up lines: cute/obnoxious.
C) two main types of pick-up lines: direct/indirect.
D) four main types of pick-up lines: cute/indirect/innocuous/obnoxious.

Question 20

Cell mean refers to the mean of the _____variables for participants with a specific combination of the levels of the _____.

A) independent;dependent variables
B) moderator;dependent variables
C) dependent;interaction
D) dependent;independent variables