Question

The effects of sleep status (deprived versus rested) and room temperature (cold, normal, hot) on performance on a reading comprehension task were measured. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the six possible conditions. This is an example of a _____ factorial design.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The research design you've described, where two independent variables (sleep status and room temperature) are manipulated to create different conditions, is an example of a 2x3 factorial design.

The "2" represents the two levels of the first independent variable (sleep status: deprived versus rested), and the "3" represents the three levels of the second independent variable (room temperature: cold, normal, hot). When you multiply these two numbers (2 x 3), you get the total number of conditions, which in this case is six. Therefore, it's a 2x3 factorial design.