Practice Quiz #16 - Chapter 14 - Factorial ANOVA

Which of the following would be an example of a design that examines the effects of gender and socioeconomic status (i.e., high, medium, and low) on a test of student achievement?

2x3 Factorial ANOVA

Which of the following would be an example of a design that examines the effects of gender and region of residence (e.g., northeast, south, midwest, and west)?

2x4 Factorial ANOVA

Which of the following would be an example of a design that examines the effects of region of residence (e.g., northeast, south, midwest, and west) and income (i.e., low, medium, and high)?

4x3 Factorial ANOVA

When you want to examine the impact of more than one independent variable on the outcome variable, what type of ANOVA should be used?

Factorial ANOVA

What type of design includes an ANOVA where one factor is repeated and the other is not?

Mixed design

The factorial ANOVA can be used to test:

Main effects and interaction effects of the independent variables

In Factorial ANOVA, you have an interaction effect when:

The effect of one independent variable differs based on the level of a second independent variable

The number of main effects is equal to:

The number of independent variables

When analysis of data reveals differential effects of one factor across levels of another factor, what is this called?

Interaction effect

If your Factorial ANOVA analysis ( 2 x 2: weight loss program used x gender) notes that participants in a weight loss study differ in amount of weight lost based on their gender, what type of effect is this called?

Main effect

If your analysis notes that participants in a weight loss study differ in amount of weight lost based on the type of weight loss program used, what type of effect is this called?

Main effect

If your analysis notes that males in a weight loss study differ from females in the weight loss study in the amount of weight lost based on the type of weight loss program used, what type of effect is this called?

Interaction effect

The effect of one factor in a factorial ANOVA is called the _____________.

Main effect

The factorial ANOVA is used when you have multiple independent variables.

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