Fourteen medical students in their last year of training are asked to make diagnostic decisions under three conditions: alone, with two senior doctors present and in a simulation of a chaotic emergency department. Twelve first year medical students are also asked to complete the same task conditions.
-8) In the analysis described above the interaction effect will:
A) Be a between groups factor
B) Be a within subjects factor
C) Have its own error term different from that for the within conditions factor
D) Have no error term

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The interaction effect (i.e. the effect of the combination of condition and experience level) will be a within subjects factor, as each participant completes the task under all three conditions.

Fourteen Medical Students in Their Last Year of Training Are