A researcher reported the effects of giving people working in recruitment consultancy either positive, negative or no information about potential clients. This variable was called 'infotype'. The gender of the recruitment consultant was recorded at the same time. The outcome variable was the time taken for a consultant to approach the company by making a sales pitch call to its HR manager whom they believed would respond either positively, negatively or indifferently to their sales pitch (positive values = longer than average approach times, negative values = shorter than average approach times). Based on the output below, what could you conclude?

A) Approach times were significantly different for the different companies, but the pattern of results was affected by gender.
B) Approach times were significantly different for the different companies, but the pattern of results was unaffected by gender.
C) Approach times were not significantly different for the different companies, but the pattern of results was affected by gender.
D) Approach times were not significantly different for the different companies, but the pattern of results was unaffected by gender.

Question

A researcher reported the effects of giving people working in recruitment consultancy either positive, negative or no information about potential clients. This variable was called 'infotype'. The gender of the recruitment consultant was recorded at the same time. The outcome variable was the time taken for a consultant to approach the company by making a sales pitch call to its HR manager whom they believed would respond either positively, negatively or indifferently to their sales pitch (positive values = longer than average approach times, negative values = shorter than average approach times) . Based on the output below, what could you conclude?

A) Approach times were significantly different for the different companies, but the pattern of results was affected by gender. 
B) Approach times were significantly different for the different companies, but the pattern of results was unaffected by gender. 
C) Approach times were not significantly different for the different companies, but the pattern of results was affected by gender. 
D) Approach times were not significantly different for the different companies, but the pattern of results was unaffected by gender.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The table shows the results of a 3-way ANOVA with interaction between the factors "infotype", "gender", and "company". The main effect for "infotype" is significant (p<0.001), indicating that the approach times differed depending on whether the consultant received positive, negative, or no information about the client. The main effect for "company" is also significant (p<0.05), indicating that there are differences in approach times across the different companies. However, the interaction effect between "infotype" and "gender" is not significant (p>0.05), indicating that the pattern of results for approach times was not affected by the gender of the consultant. Therefore, the answer is B.

A Researcher Reported the Effects of Giving People Working in Recruitment