Refer to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 45, 2009) study of whether buying gifts truly buys love. Recall that study participants w

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2021-06-16

Refer to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 45, 2009) study of whether buying gifts truly buys love. Recall that study participants were randomly assigned to play the role of gift giver or gift receiver. Gift receivers were asked to provide the level of appreciation (measured on a 7-point scale where 1 = "not at all" and 7 = "to a great extent") they had for the last birthday gift they received from a loved one. Gift givers were asked to recall the last birthday gift they gave to a loved one and to provide the level of appreciation the loved one had for the gift. The researchers wanted to know if the average level of appreciation is higher for birthday gift givers than for birthday gift receivers. a. Why is this study designed? b. Specify the key elements of the study: experimental unit, response variable, factor, and treatments.

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(a) A designed study (experiment) deliberately imposes some treatment on individuals in order to observe their responses. An observational study tries to gather information without disturbing the scene they are observing.
The participants were randomly assigned to play the role of gift giver or gift receiver. This then implies that the treatments gift giver” and "gift received” were imposed on the individuals, thus the study is a designed studty.
(b) The experimental units are the individuals on whom an experiment is performed.
Experimental units=Study participants
A response variable (or dependent variable) is a variable that measures an outcome or result of a study.
Response variable=Level of appreciation of gift
The factors are variables whose levels are manipulated hy the experimenter and thus these variables are controlled by the experimenter.
Factors: Giver or receiver The treatments are what the subjects are subjected to.
Treatments: Giver and Reciever.

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