1). What are the independent and dependent variables in this study? Choose the best option from those listed below.

A. There is one independent variable: the disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs. politely disagrees). There are two dependent variables. First, there is the apology condition (apology vs. no apology). Second, there is the participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" on a 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) scale.

B. There are two independent variables. First, there is the disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs. politely disagrees). Second, there is the Facebook user's gender (male vs. female).There are two dependent variables: First, there is the apology condition (apology vs. no apology). Second, there is the participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" on a 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) scale.

C. There are two independent variables. First, there is the disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs. politely disagrees). Second, there is the Facebook user's gender (male vs. female). There is one dependent variable: participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" on a 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) scale.

D. There are two independent variables. First, there is the disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs. politely disagrees). Second, there is the apology condition (apology vs. no apology). There is one dependent variable: participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" on a 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) scale.

E. There are four independent variables. The first is the rudely disagrees condition. The second is the politely disagrees condition. The third is the apology condition. The fourth is the no apology condition. There is one dependent variable: participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" on a 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) scale.

You run a Two Way AVOVA on this data set and get the following SPSS output. Using this output, interpret the information.

2). Choose the correct interpretation of the Tests of Between Subjects Effects table:

A. There are two significant main effects and one significant interaction

B. There is one significant main effect, one non-significant main effect, and one non- significant interaction

C. There are no significant main effects and one significant interaction

D. There is one significant main effect, one non-significant main effect, and one significant interaction

E. There are two significant main effects and one non-significant interaction

3). Which of the following is the accurate APA for writing out the disagreement condition main effect (rudely disagrees vs. politely disagrees) and the dependent variable?

A. We ran a univariate ANOVA with disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs politely disagrees) and apology condition (apology vs no apology) as our two independent variables and participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" as the dependent variable. There was no significant main effect for the disagreement condition, F(1, 120) = 4.02, p > .05. Participants did not rate the rudeness of the Facebook differently in the rudely disagree condition (M = 2.40, SD = 0.89) than in the politely disagree condition (M = 2.10, SD = 0.80).

B. We ran a univariate ANOVA with disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs politely disagrees) and apology condition (apology vs no apology) as our two independent variables and participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" as the dependent variable. There was no significant main effect for the disagreement condition, F(1, 116) = 4.02, p > .05. Participants did not rate the rudeness of the Facebook differently in the rudely disagree condition (M = 2.40, SD = 0.89) than in the politely disagree condition (M = 2.10, SD = 0.80).

C. We ran a univariate ANOVA with disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs politely disagrees) and apology condition (apology vs no apology) as our two independent variables and participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" as the dependent variable. There was a significant main effect for the disagreement condition, F(1, 116) = 4.02, p < .05. Participants rated the Facebook user as more rude in the rudely disagrees condition (M = 2.40, SD = 0.89) than in the politely disagrees condition (M = 2.10, SD = 0.80).

D. We ran a univariate ANOVA with disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs politely disagrees) and apology condition (apology vs no apology) as our two independent variables and participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" as the dependent variable. There was a significant main effect for the disagreement condition, F(1, 116) = 4.02, p < .001. Participants rated the Facebook user as more rude in the rudely disagrees condition (M = 2.40, SD = 0.89) than in the politely disagrees condition (M = 2.10, SD = 0.80).

E. We ran a univariate ANOVA with disagreement condition (rudely disagrees vs politely disagrees) and apology condition (apology vs no apology) as our two independent variables and participant ratings of "The Facebook user seems rude" as the dependent variable. There was a significant main effect for the disagreement condition, F(1, 120) = 4.02, p < .05. Participants rated the Facebook user as more rude in the rudely disagrees condition (M = 2.40, SD = 0.89) than in the politely disagrees condition (M = 2.10, SD = 0.80).

4). Which of the following is the correct write-up for the interaction and (if significant) follow-up simple effects tests?

A.The interaction of disagreement condition*apology condition was not significant, F(1, 116) = 8.39, p > .05. Since this is not significant, there was no need to run simple effects follow-up tests.

B.The interaction of disagreement condition*apology condition was not significant, F(1, 120) = 8.39, p > .05. Since this is not significant, there was no need to run simple effects follow-up tests.

C. The interaction of disagreement condition*apology condition was not significant, F(1, 116) = 8.39, p > .05. We would need to run four simple effects tests. 1). We would look at the rudely disagrees condition only (to see if the apology and no apology conditions differed). 2). We would look at the politely agrees condition only (to see if the apology and no apology conditions differed). 3). We would look at apology condition only (to see if the rudely disagree condition differed from the politely disagreed condition). 4). We would look at the no apology condition only (to see if the rudely disagree condition differed from the politely disagree condition).

D. The interaction of disagreement condition*apology condition was significant, F(1, 116) = 8.39, p < .01. We would need to run four simple effects tests. 1). We would look at the rudely disagrees condition only (to see if the apology and no apology conditions differed). 2). We would look at the politely agrees condition only (to see if the apology and no apology conditions differed). 3). We would look at apology condition only (to see if the rudely disagree condition differed from the politely disagreed condition). 4). We would look at the no apology condition only (to see if the rudely disagree condition differed from the politely disagree condition).

E.The interaction of disagreement condition*apology condition was significant, F(1, 120) = 8.39, p < .001. We would need to run four simple effects tests. 1). We would look at the rudely disagrees condition only (to see if the apology and no apology conditions differed). 2). We would look at the politely agrees condition only (to see if the apology and no apology conditions differed). 3). We would look at apology condition only (to see if the rudely disagree condition differed from the politely disagreed condition). 4). We would look at the no apology condition only (to see if the rudely disagree condition differed from the politely disagree condition).

5). Below is a set of two SPSS simple effects tests using the split file function (Note that this only looks at two of the simple effects tests rather than all four).

After looking at the charts above, I interpret it this way:

"Following the significant original interaction, the first follow-up simple effects tests showed no significance for the apology present condition, F(1, 58) = 0.39, p > .05, with participants finding the Facebook user equally rude in the politely disagrees condition (M = 2.27, SD = 0.79) and the rudely disagrees condition (M = 2.13, SD = 0.86). The second simple effects test did show significance for the apology absent condition, F(1, 58) = 12.14, p < .01, with participants finding the Facebook user less rude in the politely disagrees condition (M = 1.93, SD = 0.79) than in the rudely disagrees condition (M = 2.67, SD = 0.84)."

Is this a correct interpretation of those simple effects tests? Why or why not?

A. Yes, it is a correct interpretation in its entirety (there was no significant difference between the politely and rudely disagree conditions when an apology was present, but participants in the apology absent condition found the Facebook user to be more rude in the rudely disagrees condition than in the politely disagrees condition)

B. It is partially correct, as both simple effects tests were significant (participants in the apology absent condition found the Facebook user to be more rude in the rudely disagrees condition than in the politely disagrees condition. Similarly, when an apology was present, participants in the apology absent condition found the Facebook user to be more rude in the rudely disagrees condition than in the politely disagrees condition)

C. It is partially correct, as neither simple effect was significant (there was no significant difference between the politely and rudely disagree conditions when an apology was present, and there was no significant difference between the politely and rudely disagree conditions when an apology was absent)

D. It is mostly correct, except for the write-up for the apology present condition. In the write-up, the means and standard deviations are switched. That is, in the apology present condition, the rudely disagrees mean and SD should be (M = 2.27, SD = 0.79) while the politely disagrees mean and SD should be (M = 2.13, SD = 0.86).

E. It is entirely incorrect, as the simple effect for test the apology present condition was significant while the simple effect test for the apology absent condition as not significant.