In a Factorial Design, the Number of Independent Variables Indicates

question 115

Multiple Choice

In a factorial design, the number of independent variables indicates the number of potential main effect hypotheses, and there are as many interaction effect hypotheses as:

• A) you have combinations of levels of dependent variables.
• B) you have combinations of main effects.
• C) you have combinations of independent variables.
• D) you have combinations of dependent variables.

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