It Is Possible to Have an Overall F That Is

question 178

True/False

It is possible to have an overall F that is significant and have all the a priori comparisons be nonsignificant.

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Definitions:

Institutional Review Board

A committee that reviews and approves research involving human subjects to ensure ethical standards are met.

Experiment

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact by controlling and manipulating variables.

Confound

A variable that influences both the dependent and independent variables in a study, potentially misleading the results or conclusions.

Independent Variable

In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.