Between Group Designs Flashcards
What do you need to have for between group designs?
2 separate groups!
In a between groups design, each participant only takes part in….
1 level of your IV
What is the difference between repeated measures and between group designs?
Between groups design- participants only take part in 1 level of IV
Repeated measures design- participants take part in all levels of IV
How should participants be assigned to a variable?
Randomly!
What is the purpose of random assignment to the groups?
Aim to evenly distribute random error.
Why is random assignment so important?
We don’t want systematic differences between our groups.
The maths assumes random error is spread equally across the 2 groups.
If you have parametric data and 2 separate groups- what statistical test are you going to use?
Independent t-test
The independent t test uses the t distribution to calculate the _____ of an observed event occurring.
Probability.
What’s important to consider about the scores of your groups?
To what extent they vary from each other.
If you have a low variability in group scores- what does this mean?
People have similar scores, aren’t varying as much, small SD.
Tiny bit of overlap between groups.
If you have medium variability in group scores- what does this mean?
scores are spread more, increase in SD, more variation.
More overlap.
Variation spreads even more. Huge degree of overlap between the 2 groups meaning there is less likely to be a significant difference between them.
What variability is this?
High!!
How would you calculate the t value?
t = difference in means/ variability in means
As the difference between ___________________ increases, the t value increases and is more likely to be significant.
2 means
As variability in means ____ the t value decreases and is less likely to be significant.
increases
aka. we want low variability for significant result!
A ____ t value is more likely to be significant.
larger
What hypothesis is this?
There is no difference between the means of your two groups.
Null Hypothesis
What hypothesis is this?
There is a significant difference between the means of your two groups.
Alternative Hypothesis
What hypothesis can take 2 different forms?
AH
1 tailed - states direction
and 2 tailed- doesn’t state a particular direction.