Need to understand how factorial designs work? This video is for you. In this episode I show how a two factorial research design works using an interesting topic: physical attractiveness. You’ll see what is meant by main effect and an interaction. Do you think attractive people get all the good stuff in life? Watch to find out how it can be to your disadvantage to be attractive and along the way learn about factorial research designs.
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Well done! I’m going to add the links to my online Research Methods course (optional viewing this term….may require them beginning next term).
Thanks!
Joe Melcher, Ph.D.
St. Cloud State University
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Glad to hear it Joe. Feel free to link to the episode. I hope your students find it helpful.
Michael
Thanks for your creativity and humor. I think my students will learn more from these kinds of presentations than reading the text book!
Diane,
Thanks so much! I really had fun making this video and I tried to make it both educational and fun. Glad you liked it and I hope your students do as well.
Michael
I am scheduled to take advanced stats in the fall and having already taken elementary twice (finally passed). I have been anxious about having to take advanced but I am going to use the summer to prepare myself using your site and others and go into the fall class ready to kick some stats booty.
Btw… I am 45 years old and 21 hours away from my B.S. in Psychology with a 3.4 GPA. I know that should be better but I made a couple of mistakes early on which I have been paying for ever since.
Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to the field of Psychology.
There seems to be a lot of websites with stats help on them, and even youtube has videos in which stat profs explain things. Maybe those will help. I’ve taken advanced stats and sometimes it gets rough. It often depends on the teacher and the textbook. Email me if you get stuck and I’ll let you know if I can help.
Michael
Wow Thanks. I’ve been trying to understand this concept forever reading the textbook and tutorials. Finally it makes sense! great example
Glad to hear it. Tell your friends about the podcast! – Michael