Field & Lawson (2003) reported the effects of giving 7-9-year-old children positive, negative or no information about novel animals (Australian marsupials). This variable was called 'type of information'. Each child received all three types of information about different animals. Gender of the child was also examined. The outcome was the time taken for the children to put their hand in a box in which they believed either the positive, negative, or no information animal was housed [see Field, A. P., & Lawson, J. (2003). 'Fear information and the development of fears during childhood: effects on implicit fear responses and behavioural avoidance.' Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 1277-1293.]. How did they analyze their data?

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The study involved both within-subjects variables (type of information: positive, negative, or no information, where each child received all three types) and between-subjects variables (gender of the child). Therefore, a two-way mixed ANOVA, which can analyze the effects of both within-subjects and between-subjects variables, was the appropriate statistical method.

Field & Lawson (2003) Reported the Effects of Giving 7-9-Year-Old