2. Test your multivariate IQ. What statistical test would you use to analyze your data in each of the following studies?

A. In a study examining the impact of parent characteristics on childhood attachment style, children are classified into one of Ainsworth’s (1978) three levels of attachment style: secure, ambivalent, and avoidant. Parent characteristics measured are ambient stress level, amount of social support, education level, and socioeconomic status.

B. In a follow-up study, researchers seek to classify children into one of the three attachment style categories

(above) based on children’s behavioral characteristics: amount of separation anxiety, attention-seeking behavior, temperament, and independent play.

C. A researcher wishes to test a model in which she expects certain triggers (unfair treatment, inequitable pay) will cause angry feelings in employees, and these feelings of anger will in turn cause angry behaviors and thoughts (yelling, rumination).