Experimental Psychology: Factorial experiments


Distinguish between one factor experiments with more than two levels, and experiments with more than one factor.

Explain the advantages of factorial experiments.

Explain the relationship between methods of control and factorial experiments.

Use appropriately the terminology for factorial experiments, such as 2 by 2, factors, levels, conditions, and cells.

Describe the concept of crossing factors, and the consequences for the number of cells, and the number of subjects.

Distinguish between factors and levels.

Explain what a condition is in a factorial experiment, and how it is related to a condition in a one factor experiment.

Explain the additional kind of effect that can be examined in a factorial experiment besides the effects of the factors individually.

Explain the practical consequences of factorial experiments in terms of numbers of subjects.

Relate research designs, including the numbers of subjects, to ANOVA tables.

Explain the consequences of unequal cell sizes.