Psy Questions 11

1. Short Answer: Answer the remaining questions about the study described. Be sure to address each question completely. The description will be repeated for each question so that you don't have to toggle back and forth. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below.

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

In one sentence, state what the researcher is studying.

2. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Identify the independent variable(s).

3. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Identify the dependent variable(s).

4. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

How was/were the dependent variable(s) measured?

5. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Is this study a between subjects, within subjects, or mixed design?

6. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Is this a basic experiment or a factorial experiment?

7. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Using the language discussed in class, how would you describe the design of this study? (e.g. descriptive, correlational, experimental)

8. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Describe one problem with this study (i.e., a confound).

9. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Do participants like regular Spam more than fresh Spam?

10. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Do participants like traditional, spicy, or chunky style Spam the best?

11. As an employee of the "meat" company Spam, it is your job to determine which style of Spam people like best: traditional style, spicy style, or chunky style. You are also responsible for determining whether or not people prefer the newly developed "fresh" Spam that needs to be refrigerated (it also comes in traditional, spicy, and chunky varieties), or the regular Spam in a can (i.e., that does not need to be refrigerated). You ask 100 participants to taste all 6 different kinds of Spam and rate how much they like each variety using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (do not like at all) to 10 (like a lot). All participants try the regular Spam (that does not need to be refrigerated) before they try the fresh Spam. The average ratings for each variety of Spam are listed below. 

Regular Spam, Traditional:      5	Fresh Spam, Traditional:          6
Regular Spam, Spicy:              4	Fresh Spam, Spicy:                  5
Regular Spam, Chunky:           3	Fresh  Spam, Chunky:             4

Is there an interaction in this study? Describe how you know if there is or is not an interaction in this study, and what this interaction (or lack of an interaction) means.