Let’s say you were working on a project examining the effects of studying on test grades. You have three groups that you are comparing
Readings
The following are some readings on the basics of ANOVA.
Field, A. (2018). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS: North American edition (5th ed.). Sage.
Chapter 12 describes the basics of ANOVA (Analysis of Variance )
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Let’s say you were working on a project examining the effects of studying on test grades. You have three groups that you are comparing—one with learners who didn’t study at all, one with learners who studied two hours or less, and one that studied more than two hours. You run an ANOVA that shows that learners who didn’t study at all had the highest scores on the test. This leaves you somewhat puzzled. How might you explain this result? What factors might you need to control for to make sure you got it right?
Which outside resource (image, video, article) is a good example of when a researcher did not control for essential variables? Share the link within your post. What struck you the most about this example?
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