A researcher is interested in determining whether various stimulant drugs improve maze leaming performance in rats. To find out, the researcher recruits 16 rats and assigns 4 rats to one of 4 research conditions: caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, placebo. Each rat completes the maze once and in only one research condition and is timed; time to complete the maze is the researcher's measure of performance. Answer the following questions considering the data below (alpha)
Caffeine Nicotine Cocaine Placebo
30.00 45.00 30.00 60.00
45.00 75.00 30.00 75.00
45.00 60.00 60,00 60.00
45.00 45.00 30.00
What is the dependent variable in this study?
a. Drug condition
b. Time to complete maze
c. Number of rats
d. Research conditions
16. What analysis should be used to answer the researcher's question?
a. One-way between-subjects (a.ka. independent-samples) ANOVA
b. One-way within-subjects (a.k.a. dependent-samples, repeated-measures) ANOVA
c. Factorial ANOVA
d. T-test 17.
What is the Null hypothesis for this analysis?
a. There will be no difference between any group means
b. Maze performance will get worse with stimulants
c. Maze performance of at least one group will differ from typing of at least one other group
d. Maze performance on placebo will be worse than on all drugs
What are the degrees of freedom for the numerator of the F-ratio?
2
3
8
11
What are the degrees of freedom for the denominator of the F-ratio?
2
3
8
11
What is the critical F value for this analysis?
a. 3.49
b. 4.07
c. 6.04
d. 19.00
What is the SSbetween-groups value?
a. 425.00
b. 1181.25
c. 2517.19
d. 3698.44
What is the SSwithin value?