In: Psychology
Research Scenario: You have been raising Bombina orientalis, or Oriental fire-bellied toads, and measured the frogs’ jumps in centimeters. Your latest study looks at males and females’ reactions to being raised in a room with another animal. You set up three terrariums, each with six male and six female frogs. Each terrarium is in a separate room. Let A1 = male frogs, A2 =female frogs, B1 = frogs raised in a room with a dog, B2 = frogs raised in a room with a cat, and B3 = frogs raised in a room with a parrot.
B1 |
B2 |
B3 |
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A1 |
45 |
23 |
39 |
42 |
30 |
27 |
|
41 |
31 |
31 |
|
48 |
23 |
27 |
|
42 |
33 |
37 |
|
43 |
36 |
24 |
|
A2 |
32 |
36 |
49 |
29 |
43 |
48 |
|
31 |
37 |
44 |
|
33 |
25 |
43 |
|
25 |
32 |
36 |
|
34 |
40 |
44 |
1. Restate the research and null hypothesis for each variable (and don’t forget the interaction).
2. What are the degrees of freedom of the F distribution for each variable and the interaction?
3. What is the value of F for the two main effects?
4. Is there a significant main effect of roommate? Explain and support your position.
5. Is there a significant main effect of gender? Explain and support your position.
6. Is there a significant interaction between the sex of the frogs and the species of roommate? Explain and support your position.
7. Fill in the appropriate cell, column, and row means in the table below. Then fill in the appropriate seventeen terms in the ANOVA summary table (or simply paste the table from SPSS).
Table of Means
B1 |
B2 |
B3 |
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A1 |
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A2 |
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ANOVA Summary Table |
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Source |
df |
ss |
MS |
F |
A |
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B |
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AB |
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Within |
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Total |
X1 |
X2 |
X3 |
X4 |
X5 |
X6 |
X12 |
X22 |
X32 |
X42 |
X52 |
X62 |
45 |
23 |
39 |
32 |
36 |
49 |
2025 |
529 |
1521 |
1024 |
1296 |
2401 |
42 |
30 |
27 |
29 |
43 |
48 |
1764 |
900 |
729 |
841 |
1849 |
2304 |
41 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
37 |
44 |
1681 |
961 |
961 |
961 |
1369 |
1936 |
48 |
23 |
27 |
33 |
25 |
43 |
2304 |
529 |
729 |
1089 |
625 |
1849 |
42 |
33 |
37 |
25 |
32 |
36 |
1764 |
1089 |
1369 |
625 |
1024 |
1296 |
43 |
36 |
24 |
34 |
40 |
44 |
1849 |
1296 |
576 |
1156 |
1600 |
1936 |
∑ X1= 261 |
∑ X2=176 |
∑ X3= 185 |
∑ X4= 184 |
∑ X5=213 |
∑ X6= 264 |
∑ X12= 11387 |
∑ X22= 5304 |
∑ X32= 5885 |
∑ X42= 5696 |
∑ X52=7763 |
∑ X62= 11722 |
Here-
Grand sum of X or ∑ X= 1283
Grand sum of squares= 47757
n1= 6, n2=6, n3=6, n4=6, n5=6, n6=6
N= 36
SS between amounts of first IV (Task difficulty)
SS between amounts of second IV (Arousal level)
dfA (B/W rows)= r-1
dfA (B/W rows)= 2-1
dfA (B/W rows)= 1
dfB (B/W Column)= k-1
dfB (B/W Column)= 3-1
dfB (B/W Column)= 2
df (Interaction)= (r-1) (k-1)
df (Interaction)= (2-1) (3-1)
df (Interaction)= 2
df (within group)= N-rk
df (within group)= 36-(2*3)
df (within group)= 36-6
df (within group)= 30
Source of variance |
Sum of square |
Df |
Mean square = SS/df |
f-ratio = Mean square A or B or A*B/ Mean square of within group |
Level of significance |
B/W A |
1 |
1.77 |
NS |
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B/W B |
2 |
10.4 |
0.01 |
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Interaction A*B |
2 |
88.6 |
3.71 |
NS |
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Within group |
716.5 |
30 |
23.9 |