Question

People were classified as either Master or Novice chess players based on chess playing experience. Master chess players and novice chess players were shown chess boards and then asked to recreate them from memory. They were first presented with a board that contained actual game placements for 10 seconds. Then they were given board that showed random chess piece placement for 10 seconds.

Factorial Assignment

For the following, answer these questions

1. Identify the design (e.g., 2 X 2 factorial).

2. Identify the total number of conditions.

3. Identify the independent variable(s) and levels (this could include PVs).

4. Is this an IV X PV design? If so, identify the participant variable(s).

5. Is this a repeated measures (within subject) design? If so, identify the repeated variable(s). And/Or

6. Identify the dependent variable(s).

Answer 1

Independant Variables: Master or Novice chess players

Dependant Variable: how well the master and novice chess players recreated their memory after seeing the chess boards

Total number of conditions are : 2

Design: within-subjects design - Repeated measures (Understanding: A within-subjects design is an experiment in which the same group of subjectsserves in more than one treatment. Note that I'm using the word "treatment" to refer to levels of the independent variable, rather than "group".)