Miller (1984) Studied Causal Attributions in Two Different Cultures

question 67

Multiple Choice

Miller (1984) studied causal attributions in two different cultures. She found that whereas Indian Hindus __________, participants in the United States __________.

• A) used one step in making attributions; used two steps
• B) made situational attributions; made dispositional attributions
• C) displayed the covariation difference; made self-serving attributions
• D) made attributions for success; made attributions for failure

Appreciate the importance of hypothesis testing in analyzing factorial ANOVA results.

Understand how to interpret interaction effects between factors in the context of factorial ANOVA.

Understand the concept of interaction effects and how they differ from main effects in the context of factorial research design.

Comprehend how the presence of simple effects influences the interpretation of main effects within a factorial research design.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A point on the scale of a statistical test that defines the threshold for rejecting the null hypothesis.

Independent Variables

Independent variables are the conditions or inputs that researchers manipulate or select in an experiment to determine their effect on dependent variables.

Observations

Individual instances of data collected through studies or experiments.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information used in the calculation of a statistic, often denoting the number of values that are free to vary.