A Researcher Randomly Measures Social Adjustment Among Children from Different $\times$

question 20

Multiple Choice

A researcher randomly measures social adjustment among children from different family backgrounds (levels of Factor A: divorced,married,single) who engaged in one of five social activities (Factor B) .For this study,10 children were observed in each group.If = 10, = 12, = 48,and = 405,then which effect was significant at a .05 level using the two-way between-subjects ANOVA?

• A)Factor A (family backgrounds)
• B)Factor B (social activities)
• C)the A \(\times\) B interaction
• D)There were no significant effects.

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