Imagine that we have a 2x2 ANOVA in which the two factors are gender (female or
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Imagine that we have a 2x2 ANOVA in which the two factors are gender (female or male) and exercise habits. Exercise habits has been dichotomized so that people who exercise 2 or more times per week are classified as exercising often and those who exercise 1 or 0 times per week are classified as exercising infrequently. The dependent variable is body weight in pounds.
In this ANOVA, if we were looking at whether the difference in weight between men and women is different depending on the level of exercise habits, we would be looking for...
Question 4 options:
An interaction
None of these
A simple effect
A main effect
An interaction
None of these
A simple effect
A main effect
Explanation / Answer
An interaction
because we want to see interaction or relationship between gender and excercize habits
An interaction