Experiment 4
Dr. Brown wanted to observe the effects of music genre onsurgical recovery time. Dr. Brown set up an experiment in whichparticipants were randomly assigned to listen to one of threedifferent genres of music (rap, metal, or country). Participantswere patients who had just received liposuction; they listened totheir assigned music genre for 2 hours each day until dischargedfrom the hospital. Dr. Brown recorded the number of days thepatients remained in the hospital. His results are shown below.
Using the data shown below, conduct the appropriate statisticaltest in SPSS to determine whether there is a statisticallysignificant difference between any of the pairs of musicalgenres.
Rap | Metal | Country |
4 | 1 | 2 |
4 | 1 | 2 |
3 | 2 | 3 |
3 | 1 | 2 |
- What is the design of this experiment?
Three-way between-subjects factorial design
Three-way within-subjects factorial design
One-way between-subjects factorial design
One-way within-subjects factorial design
- What kinds of samples are being used in this experiment?
Independent samples
Dependent samples
Matched samples
- In the blank space in the conclusion below, write thestatistical results of the experiment you analyzed above in APAstyle:
Based on the results of a one-way ANOVA, music genre does havean effect on number of days to recover from surgery,_________.
