Participants in a mixed factorial design experiment watched three ...

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Participants in a mixed factorial design experiment watched three folk dances and rated the skill of the dancers. Each dance was danced by different pair of dancers. Some participants watched three Russian folk dances and other participants watched three Spanish folk dances. The repeated measures factor in this experiment is _____.
 
  a. Russian vs. Spanish dances
  b. the three dances actually rated by each participant
  c. the individual differences between the participants
  d. the different pairs of dancers who performed the dances

Question 2

Participants in a mixed factorial design experiment watched three folk dances and rated the skill of the dancers. Each dance was danced by different pair of dancers. Some participants watched three Russian folk dances and other participants watched three Spanish folk dances. The between subjects variable in this experiment is _____.
 
  a. Russian vs. Spanish dances
  b. the three dances actually rated by each participant
  c. the differences between the participants
  d. the different pairs of dancers who performed the dances.

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Answer to Question 1

B
Each participant watched and rated three different dances. The dances constitute the repeated measures factor.

Answer to Question 2

A
The participants watched either Russian dances or Spanish dances, but not both; therefore the between subjects variable is the Russian vs. Spanish dances.

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