Assignment #4 - Experimental Design


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Draw on the experience from your readings and our lectures to design an experiment containing the following ingredients: 1) at least two groups; 2) which are equivalent; 3) on which an outcome is measured. Describe the design by elaborating on the following:

1. What is the dependent variable (i.e., how measured)?

2. What is the independent variable and how is the sequence and proportion presented?

3. How are the subjects assigned to conditions?

4. What type of experimental design is it?

5. What are the possible exogenous variables entering into the experiement and how would you control for them?

6. After performing the experiment, what was the outcome?