Question

Researchers want to see whether what a victim is wearing impacts assessments of whether she was raped. They dress her in either sexually suggestive clothing or business casual clothing. Participants determined whether the alleged rapist is guilty of rape on a ten point scale (0 = not at all guilty to 10 = very guilty).

Null hypothesis

Alternative hypothesis

IVs

DVs

Best test to use

Results Write-Up

Answer 1

Null hypothesis: Clothing type has no significant impact on assessments of sexual assault.

Alternative hypothesis: Clothing type has a significant impact on assessments of sexual assault.

IVs: Clothing type (Sexually suggestive clothing, business casual clothing)

DVs: Assessment of sexual assault.

Best test to use: A repeated measures t-test would be most appropriate to use here, in order to check if any significant differences can be found in the participants' responses in the two clothing type conditions.

Results Write-Up: Results indicate a significant increase in assessments of sexual assault in the sexually suggestive clothing condition(M = 3.45, SD = 1.11) compared to the business casual clothing condition (M = 3.00, SD = .80), t(15) = 4.00, p = .001. [Dummy data, just for illustration]