Instructions: Recall the “Superhero Costume” study from your t-Test crash course quiz. Here, we will add another condition to that study so that we can use a One-Way ANOVA.
“I am Iron Man”. “I am Batman”. Even if you are getting tired of the countless superhero movies hitting theaters every year, such caped crusaders can actually have a positive impact on those who look up to and believe in these characters. Recent research actually suggests that children who “wear the cape” tend to even behave more heroically themselves, persisting in tasks much longer when wearing a superhero costume than when dressed in their everyday clothes.
To further test this link between “costumes” and “helpful behavior”, you design a that focuses on six-year-olds and their willingness to stick with a tedious boring task. You recruit 60boys for this new study and randomly assign them to one of three clothing conditions. Some boys are assigned to the “superhero” condition (they are told to dress up in a superhero costume like Superman, Spiderman, Batman, etc. in order to work on the computer task). Some boys are assigned to the “street clothes” condition (they wear their street clothes to complete the computer task and have no knowledge of the superhero outfits). Remainingboys are in the “choice” condition (they are given the choice to either wear a superhero outfit OR remain in their street clothes). Boys in all three conditions are asked to “work hard and he a good helper” by completing a ten-minute “critically important” computer task (which is actually very boring and tedious).
You measure how long the boys last while working on the computer task using a scale ranging from 0 minutes to 10 minutes maximum.
Similar to the t-Test, you predict that the group of boys dressed as superheroes will persist at the task longer than the group of boys wearing their street clothes. However, you also predict that the boys who were given a choice between a superhero costume ortheir street clothes will work the hardest and longest because they hope to validate and justify their personal choice of outfit (“I chose what I’m wearing, so I have to be the hardest worker I can be to justify that choice!”).
Complete the questions below and then transfer those answers to your Crash Course in Statistics – The One-Way ANOVA Quiz #3 in Canvas (1 point per question). IMPORTANT: The answer options in Canvas may not be in the same order you see them below, so make sure to copy over the CONTENT of the answer and not simply the answer letter (A, B, C, D, or E). Note: If you want to run these analyses yourself, look for the SPSS file called “#3 ANOVA Crash Course Data Heroes Summer” in Canvas – not required, but definitely recommended!)
1). What is the independent variable in this study?
A. Whether the boys chose to wear a Superman costume, a Spiderman costume, or a Batman costume
B. Whether the boys were told to wear superhero clothes, theirown street clothes, or they are able to choose betweensuperhero clothes or their street clothes
C. How long children persisted in working on the computer task (0 minutes to 10 minutes)
D. Whether children found the computer task enjoyable or unenjoyable
E. There is too little information in this study to determine the independent variable.
2). What is the dependent variable in this study?
A. Whether the boys chose to wear a Superman costume, a Spiderman costume, or a Batman costume
B. Whether the boys were told to wear superhero clothes, their own street clothes, or they are able to choose between superhero clothes or their street clothes
C. How long children persisted in working on the computer task (0 minutes to 10 minutes)
D. Whether children found the computer task enjoyable or unenjoyable
E. There is too little information in this study to determine the dependent variable.
Instructions: Recall the “Superhero Costume” study from your t-Test crash course quiz. Here, we will add another conditi
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