Deck 12: Factorial Designs

Question 1

A __________ subjects factorial research design is a research design in which all independent variables are between subjects.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)facet

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A researcher has created a factorial design.She has a between subjects variable and a within subjects variable.What type of design does the researcher have?

A)between subjects factorial
B)within subjects factorial
C)mixed subjects factorial
D)facet subjects factorial

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A recent study by Dommeyer 2008) examined what factors influence whether or not people respond to a mail survey.In other words, are there factors that can influence if a person responds to a survey that he or she received in the mail? Dommeyer wanted to know if the attractiveness of the researcher attractive and not attractive) in a cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.Dommeyer also wanted to know if the sex of the researcher male or female) in the cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.This quasi-experiment would be referred to as a _____ X ______ research design.

A)2 X b.2 X 2
C)2 X 3
D)2 X 4

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A __________ subjects factorial research design is a research design in which the independent variables are not all the same type.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)facet

Question 5

In the standard form __________ X __________, what goes in the first blank?

A)the levels of the first independent variable
B)the levels of the second independent variable
C)the levels of the first dependent variable
D)the levels of the second dependent variable

Question 6

What does the 2 stand for in a 3 X 2 design?

A)the levels of the first independent variable
B)the levels of the second independent variable
C)the levels of the first dependent variable
D)the levels of the second dependent variable

Question 7

Look at the research matrix below without column headings.What type of design does this research matrix represent?
$$\begin{array} { l l } \begin{array} { l } \text { High hurry } \\\text { Helping relevant }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { High hurry } \\\text { Task relevant }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Intermediate hurry } & \text { Intermediate hurry } \\\text { Helping relevant } & \text { Task relevant } \\\hline \text { Low hurry } & \text { Low hurry } \\\text { Helping relevant } & \text { Task relevant }\end{array}$$

A)2 X 3
B)3 X 2
C)2 X 2
D)cannot be determined

Question 8

A recent study by Dommeyer 2008) examined what factors influence whether or not people respond to a mail survey.In other words, are there factors that can influence if a person responds to a survey that he or she received in the mail? Dommeyer wanted to know if the attractiveness of the researcher attractive and not attractive) in a cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.Dommeyer also wanted to know if the sex of the researcher male or female) in the cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.The first independent variable was attractiveness of the researcher in the cover letter.This independent variable had _____ levels.

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)cannot be determined

Question 9

What does the 3 stand for in a 3 X 2 design?

A)the levels of the first independent variable
B)the levels of the second independent variable
C)the levels of the first dependent variable
D)the levels of the second dependent variable

Question 10

Which of the following statements is

Question 11

Which of the following statements is

Question 12

__________ research designs have more than one independent variable.

A)Factor
B)Factorial
C)Feature
D)Facet

Question 13

A recent study by Dommeyer 2008) examined what factors influence whether or not people respond to a mail survey.In other words, are there factors that can influence if a person responds to a survey that he or she received in the mail? Dommeyer wanted to know if the attractiveness of the researcher attractive and not attractive) in a cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.Dommeyer also wanted to know if the sex of the researcher male or female) in the cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.So, participants viewed 1 of 4 mail surveys.This quasi-experiment would be referred to as ________ design.

A)within subjects factorial
B)between subjects factorial
C)within subjects
D)between subjects

Question 14

A recent study by Dommeyer 2008) examined what factors influence whether or not people respond to a mail survey.In other words, are there factors that can influence if a person responds to a survey that he or she received in the mail? Dommeyer wanted to know if the attractiveness of the researcher attractive and not attractive) in a cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.Dommeyer also wanted to know if the sex of the researcher male or female) in the cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.So, participants viewed 1 of 4 mail surveys.The second independent variable of sex of researcher was a __________ variable.

A)within
B)mixed
C)between
D)subject

Question 15

A recent study by Dommeyer 2008) examined what factors influence whether or not people respond to a mail survey.In other words, are there factors that can influence if a person responds to a survey that he or she received in the mail? Dommeyer wanted to know if the attractiveness of the researcher attractive and not attractive) in a cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.Dommeyer also wanted to know if the sex of the researcher male or female) in the cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.So, participants viewed 1 of 4 mail surveys.Which of the following statements bests describes the design of the study?

A)This is a within subjects study.
B)This is a between subjects study.
C)This is a factorial study.
D)This is a between subjects factorial study.

Question 16

A recent study by Dommeyer 2008) examined what factors influence whether or not people respond to a mail survey.In other words, are there factors that can influence if a person responds to a survey that he or she received in the mail? Dommeyer wanted to know if the attractiveness of the researcher attractive and not attractive) in a cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.Dommeyer also wanted to know if the sex of the researcher male or female) in the cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.The second independent variable or subject variable in this case) was sex of the researcher in the cover letter.It had _____ levels.

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)cannot be determined

Question 17

A __________ subjects factorial research design is a research design in which all independent variables are within subjects.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)facet

Question 18

A recent study by Dommeyer 2008) examined what factors influence whether or not people respond to a mail survey.In other words, are there factors that can influence if a person responds to a survey that he or she received in the mail? Dommeyer wanted to know if the attractiveness of the researcher attractive and not attractive) in a cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.Dommeyer also wanted to know if the sex of the researcher male or female) in the cover letter would influence if people responded to the mail survey.So, participants viewed 1 of 4 mail surveys.The first independent variable of attractiveness of the researcher was a __________ variable.

A)within
B)mixed
C)between
D)subject

Question 19

In the standard form __________ X __________, what goes in the second blank?

A)the levels of the first independent variable
B)the levels of the second independent variable
C)the levels of the first dependent variable
D)the levels of the second dependent variable

Question 20

A factorial research design can be one of __________ types.

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)five

Question 21

You are reading a journal article and the method section states that the design was a 3 X 3 between subjects factorial design.Automatically, you know that the study will have _______ conditions.

A)3
B)6
C)9
D)12

Question 22

A researcher has created a factorial research design.She has two between within variables.What type of design does the researcher have?
E)between subjects factorial
F)within subjects factorial
G)mixed subjects factorial
H)facet subjects factorial

Question 23

Look at the research matrix below without column headings.If you wanted to have 10 participants for each condition, how many participants would you need for a between subjects factorial design?
$$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Attractive } & \text { Attractive } \\\text { Female } & \text { Male } \\\hline \text { Unattractive } & \text { Unattractive } \\\text { Female } & \text { Male }\end{array}$$

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 24

Researchers Brescoll and Uhlmann 2008) wanted to know if men and women were judged the same for expressing similar emotions in the workplace.Participants in this experiment watched a video of a job candidate.The job candidates were being interviewed while sitting at a table.The job candidates were describing an incident in which they and a colleague lost an important account and how it made them feel.The first independent variable was sex of job candidate.Sex had two levels-male and female.The second independent variable was emotion displayed.Emotion displayed had two levels-anger and sadness.So, participants viewed one of four job candidates.With this information, what type of factorial research design was used?

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)facet

Question 25

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance.In this experiment, the participants viewed all of the following pictures for job applicants: attractive male, unattractive male, attractive female, unattractive female.Because participants viewed all of the applicants, this was a __________ subjects factorial design.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)subject

Question 26

You are reading a journal article and the method section states that the design was a 2 X 3 between subjects factorial design.Automatically, you know that the study will have _______ conditions.

A)3
B)6
C)9
D)12

Question 27

Finding out if each of the independent variables influenced the dependent variable s) is referred to as __________.

A)main effects.
B)Interactions.
C)interfaces.
D)focal effects.

Question 28

Researchers Brescoll and Uhlmann 2008) wanted to know if men and women were judged the same for expressing similar emotions in the workplace.Participants in this experiment watched a video of a job candidate.The job candidates were being interviewed while sitting at a table.The job candidates were describing an incident in which they and a colleague lost an important account and how it made them feel.The first independent variable was sex of job candidate.Sex had two levels-male and female.The second independent variable was emotion displayed.Emotion displayed had two levels-anger and sadness.So, participants viewed one of four job candidates.In this study, the second independent variable of emotions displayed was a __________ subjects variable.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)facet

Question 29

Look at the research matrix below without column headings.If you wanted to have 10 participants for each condition, how many participants would you need for a mixed subjects factorial design?
$$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Attractive } & \text { Attractive } \\\text { Female } & \text { Male } \\\hline \text { Unattractive } & \text { Unattractive } \\\text { Female } & \text { Male }\end{array}$$

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 30

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance.For the purposes of chapter 10, the authors of the textbook focused on two IVs.From the research matrix below, how many participants would be needed for a between subjects factorial design if you wanted to have 10 participants in each condition?
$$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Male } & \text { Male } \\\text { Attractive } & \text { Unattractive } \\\hline \text { Female } & \text { Female } \\\text { Attractive } & \text { Unattractive }\end{array}$$

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 31

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance.For the purposes of chapter 10, the authors of the textbook focused on two IVs.From the research matrix below, how many participants would be needed for a mixed subjects factorial design if you wanted to have 10 participants in each condition?
$$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Male } & \text { Male } \\\text { Attractive } & \text { Unattractive } \\\hline \text { Female } & \text { Female } \\\text { Attractive } & \text { Unattractive }\end{array}$$

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 32

Look at the research matrix below without column headings.If you wanted to have 10 participants for each condition, how many participants would you need for a within subjects factorial design?
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Angry } & \text { Angry } \\\text { Non-confrontational } & \text { Confrontational } \\\hline \text { Exciting } & \text { Exciting } \\\text { Non-confrontational } & \text { Confrontational } \\\hline \text { Neutral } & \text { Neutral } \\\text { Non-confrontational } & \text { Confrontational }\end{array}$

A)10
B)20
C)40
D)60

Question 33

Researchers Brescoll and Uhlmann 2008) wanted to know if men and women were judged the same for expressing similar emotions in the workplace.Participants in this experiment watched a video of a job candidate.The job candidates were being interviewed while sitting at a table.The job candidates were describing an incident in which they and a colleague lost an important account and how it made them feel.The first independent variable was sex of job candidate.Sex had two levels-male and female.The second independent variable was emotion displayed.Emotion displayed had two levels-anger and sadness.So, participants viewed one of four job candidates.Which statement below accurately describes this research design?

A)the first IV is between subjects and the second IV is within subjects
B)the first IV is within subjects and the second IV is between subjects
C)both the first and second IVs are between subjects
D)both the first and second IVs are within subjects

Question 34

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance.If participants were assigned to only 1 of the 4 conditions, this would be a __________ subjects design.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)subject

Question 35

A researcher has created a factorial research design.She has two between subjects variables.What type of design does the researcher have?

A)between subjects factorial
B)within subjects factorial
C)mixed subjects factorial
D)facet subjects factorial

Question 36

Researchers Brescoll and Uhlmann 2008) wanted to know if men and women were judged the same for expressing similar emotions in the workplace.Participants in this experiment watched a video of a job candidate.The job candidates were being interviewed while sitting at a table.The job candidates were describing an incident in which they and a colleague lost an important account and how it made them feel.The first independent variable was sex of job candidate.Sex had two levels-male and female.The second independent variable was emotion displayed.Emotion displayed had two levels-anger and sadness.So, participants viewed one of four job candidates.In this study, the first independent variable of sex was a __________ subjects variable.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)facet

Question 37

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance.For the purposes of chapter 10, the authors of the textbook focused on two IVs.From the research matrix below, how many participants would be needed for a within subjects factorial design if you wanted to have 10 participants in each condition?
$$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Male } & \text { Male } \\\text { Attractive } & \text { Unattractive } \\\hline \text { Female } & \text { Female } \\\text { Attractive } & \text { Unattractive }\end{array}$$

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 38

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance.If the researchers wanted the participants to view both male and female job applicants but only one level of the attraction condition, this would be a __________ subjects factorial design.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)subject

Question 39

Look at the research matrix below without column headings.If you wanted to have 10 participants for each condition, how many participants would you need for a within subjects factorial design?
$$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Attractive } & \text { Attractive } \\\text { Female } & \text { Male } \\\hline \text { Unattractive } & \text { Unattractive } \\\text { Female } & \text { Male }\end{array}$$

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 40

Look at the research matrix below without column headings.What type of design does this research matrix represent?
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Attractive } & \text { Attractive } \\\text { Female } & \text { Male } \\\hline \text { Unattractive } & \text { Unattractive } \\\text { Female } & \text { Male }\end{array}$

A)2 X 3
B)3 X 2
C)2 X 2
D)cannot be determined

Question 41

__________ occurs when the effect of one independent variable depends on another independent variable.

A)Main effects
B)Interactions
C)Interfaces
D)Focal effects

Question 42

A research design in which all independent variables are between subjects is a between subjects factorial design.

Question 43

A research design in which all independent variables are within subjects is a within subjects facet design.

Question 44

Catz and colleagues conducted an experiment with 207 individuals taking HIV medications.Participants were randomly assigned to read one of six vignettes.The vignettes varied by medical situation and physician prescription action.For medical situation, participants were randomly assigned to one of three levels.For physician prescription action, participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions.In this example, the research design was a __________ factorial design.

A)subjects
B)within
C)mixed
D)between

Question 45

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance.The first independent variable was the applicant's gender and the second independent variable was physical appearance.When the researchers look for a main effect of A, which independent variable will be examined?

A)gender
B)physical appearance
C)A and B
D)None of the above

Question 46

Catz and colleagues conducted an experiment with 207 individuals taking HIV medications.Participants were randomly assigned to read one of six vignettes.The vignettes varied by medical situation and physician prescription action.For medical situation, participants were randomly assigned to one of three levels.For physician prescription action, participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions.In this example, the variable of medical situation is a __________ subjects variable.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)factorial

Question 47

Catz and colleagues conducted an experiment with 207 individuals taking HIV medications.Participants were randomly assigned to read one of six vignettes.The vignettes varied by medical situation and physician prescription action.For medical situation, participants were randomly assigned to one of three levels.For physician prescription action, participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions.In this example, the variable of physician prescription is a __________ subjects variable.

A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)factorial

Question 48

Which of the following statements regarding main effects is correct?

A)to examine main effects, you ignore other IVs
B)to examine main effects, you collapse across other IVs
C)both A and B
D)none of the above

Question 49

Factorial research designs have one independent variable with multiple levels.

Question 50

A research design in which all independent variables are between subjects is a mixed subjects factorial design.

Question 51

Factorial research designs have more than one independent variable.

Question 52

Which of the following statements regarding main effects if incorrect?

A)to examine main effects, you ignore other IVs
B)to examine main effects, you collapse across other IVs
C)to examine main effects, you must examine each IV separately
D)to examine main effects, you examine all IVs at once

Question 53

Factorial research designs have more than one dependent variable.

Question 54

A research design in which all independent variables are between subjects is a within subjects facet design.

Question 55

Catz and colleagues conducted an experiment with 207 individuals taking HIV medications.Participants were randomly assigned to read one of six vignettes.The vignettes varied by medical situation and physician prescription action.For medical situation, participants were randomly assigned to one of three levels.For physician prescription action, participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions.In this example, the factorial design would be represented as:

A)2 X 2
B)2 X 3
C)3 X 3
D)3 X 2

Question 56

A research design in which all dependent variables are between subjects is a between subjects factorial design.

Question 57

Desrumaux and colleagues conducted a study to determine how evaluating a job applicant varies by the applicant's gender and physical appearance.The first independent variable was the applicant's gender and the second independent variable was physical appearance.When the researchers look for a main effect of B, which independent variable will be examined?

A)gender
B)physical appearance
C)A and B
D)None of the above

Question 58

A research design in which all independent variables are within subjects is a mixed subjects factorial design.

Question 59

A research design in which all independent variables are within subjects is a within subjects factorial design.

Question 60

A research design in which all independent variables are between subjects is a between subjects facet design.

Question 61

In the following phrase, the number 3 represents the levels of the first independent variable: 2 X 3 design.

Question 62

In the following phrase, the number 2 represents the levels of the first independent variable: 2 X 3 design.

Question 63

There are two independent variables in a 2 X 3 design.

Question 64

In the following phrase, the number 2 represents the levels of the second independent variable: 2 X 3 design.

Question 65

A 2 X 2 between subjects design would have 4 conditions.

Question 66

There are three dependent variables in a 2 X3 design.

Question 67

Interactions occur when the effect of one independent variable depends on another independent variable.

Question 68

In the following phrase, the number 3 represents the levels of the first independent variable: 2 X 3 design.

Question 69

To determine a main effect, you ignore or collapse across the other independent variables in the research design.

Question 70

A 2 X 2 between subjects design would have 2 conditions.

Question 71

Participant sex is always a within subjects variable.

Question 72

In the following phrase, the number 3 represents the levels of the second independent variable: 2 X 3 design.

Question 73

Main effects can be determined for each dependent variable.

Question 74

Participant sex is always a between subject variable.

Question 75

There are three independent variables in a 2 X 3 design.

Question 76

A research design in which all dependent variables are within subjects is a within subjects factorial design.

Question 77

Interactions occur when the effect of one independent variable depends on dependent variables.

Question 78

A research design in which all of the independent variables are not the same type is a mixed subjects facet design.

Question 79

A research design in which all of the independent variables are not the same type is a mixed subjects factorial design.

Question 80

Main effects can be determined for each independent variable.