Imagine I Conducted the Following Experiment: I Used Gender as a Nonmanipulated

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Essay

Imagine I conducted the following experiment: I used gender as a nonmanipulated independent variable and measured performance in my class. I measured performance by ranking everyone in the class, giving the person with the highest grade a 1, the person with the 2nd highest grade a 2, and so forth. Which statistic would I use to determine any differences in performance between these two groups?

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Definitions:

Depth Perception

The ability to perceive the distance of objects in three dimensions.

Visual Cliff

An experimental apparatus used to study perception of depth and fear of falling in infants, illustrating their ability to perceive depth.

Size Constancy

The perceptual process by which we perceive an object as being the same size despite changes in the distance from which it is viewed.

Monocular Cues

Visual information that allows perception of depth and spatial relationships using only one eye.