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FACTORIAL DESIGNS
Terms for Factorials Types of Factorial Designs Notation for Factorials Types of Effects Looking at Tables of Means Looking at Graphs of Means
Terms for Factorials
level: value of an IV condition: combination of levels of two or
more IV’s factor: another name for IV
Factor A
Factor B
Level 1 Level 2
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
condition condition condition
condition condition condition
Notation for Factorials The number of numbers tells you how
many i.v.’s The numbers tell you how many levels A factorial with two i.v.’s which each have
two levels is a 2 x 2
Types of Effects
Main Effect: the overall effect of one IV, averaging over the levels of the other IV
Interaction: the effect of one IV changes depending on the level of the other IV
Drug
Therapy
1 2
1
2
40 60
60 40
meanrecoveryscore
No main effect of therapyNo main effect of drugBUT the effect of the therapy depends on which drug is being taken
Why Factorials?
Reduce amount of non-systematic variance Ability to measure interaction Main effects can be misleading without
considering the interaction
Looking at Means Tables For main effects:
– find marginal means (means of levels)– if marginal means are different, there is a main
effect
Looking at Means Tables For interaction:
– find simple effects (effects of one variable for each level of other variable)
– If simple effects change, there is an interaction
Looking at Graphs of Means
main effects: – visually estimate marginal means– if they are at different heights, there is a main
effect
Looking at Graphs of Means
interaction:– parallel lines mean no interaction– non-parallel lines mean an interaction