Topic 7 – MANOVA Project
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A researcher randomly assigns 33 subjects to one of three groups. Group 1 receives
technical dietary information interactively from an on-line website. Group 2 receives
the same information from a nurse practitioner, while Group 3 receives the
information from a video tape made by the same nurse practitioner.
The researcher looked at three different ratings of the presentation; difficulty,
usefulness, and importance to determine if there is a difference in the modes of
presentation. In particular, the researcher is interested in whether the interactive
website is superior because that is the most cost-effective way of delivering the
information.
Usefulnes Difficult Importanc
Group s y e
1 20 5 18
1 25 9 8
1 23 15 20
1 16 9 22
1 20 6 22
1 28 14 8
1 20 6 13
1 25 8 13
1 24 10 24
1 18 10 20
1 17 9 4
2 28 7 14
2 25 14 5
2 26 9 20
2 19 15 22
2 29 14 12
2 15 6 2
2 29 10 5
2 26 11 1
, 2 22 5 2
2 15 15 14
2 29 6 4
2 15 6 3
3 22 8 12
3 27 9 14
3 21 10 7
3 17 9 1
3 16 7 12
3 19 9 7
3 23 10 1
3 27 9 5
3 23 9 6
3 16 14 22
1. Run the appropriate analysis of the data and interpret the results.
2. How could this study have been done differently? Why or why not would this
approach be better?
Between-Subjects
Factors
N
Group 1 11
2 12
3 10
Descriptive Statistics
Group Mean Std. Deviation N
Usefulness 1 21.45 3.804 11
2 23.17 5.750 12
3 21.10 4.095 10
Total 21.97 4.633 33
Difficulty 1 9.18 3.125 11
2 9.83 3.881 12
3 9.40 1.838 10
Total 9.48 3.043 33
Importance 1 15.64 6.786 11
2 8.67 7.402 12
3 8.70 6.430 10