Question

After watching Kindergarteners, Angela Bassett wants to test the hypothesis that some toys are more fun to play with than others. She decides to compare “fun” toys (blocks) with “unfun” toys (stuffed animals). She also wishes to see if there is a sex difference, as well, so sex is added as an independent variable. A) What kind of design is needed? B) Diagram it out. C) Assuming 20 subjects are needed per cell, how many subjects are needed for this study? So here, make sure there are three answers.

Answer 1

Hypothesis: That some toys are more fun to play with than others. Comparison is mainly b/w  “fun” toys (blocks) with “unfun” toys (stuffed animals).

Independant Variable: Sex Difference in opinion for which toys are better

Dependant variable: Toys “fun” toys (blocks) &“unfun” toys (stuffed animals).

Answer to your questions:

1. Repeated measures design is required so that 20 boys and 20 girls will see the same toys and you will clearly understand whether sex differnce really matters or not

2. There is no requirement for a diagram - I have explained it well

3. if 20 subjects per cell then total number of participants reuired would be 40 as we are looking at sex differnce hence Female = 20 and Male = 20 Total 40 participants.