A Researcher Examined Whether Interrogators Who Expect a Suspect to Be

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Essay

A researcher examined whether interrogators who expect a suspect to be guilty,rather than innocent,use more persuasive interrogation techniques.The researcher created a laboratory situation in which students were randomly assigned to actually commit a crime or not commit a crime by following a set of instructions given to them.This is referred to as "Suspect Status." Before student interrogators interviewed a suspect,they were randomly assigned to conditions that led them to believe the suspect was guilty or innocent of the crime.This is referred to as "Interrogator Expectation." Independent observers rated the effort used by interrogators to obtain a confession using a 1-10 rating scale (higher scores indicate greater effort).Suppose the researcher observed the following means for each group:
Describe the design of this experiment,including the type of variables,and identify the conditions created using factorial combination.

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