Theodore Barber conducted a classic experiment on hypnotization. He hypnotized 2

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Theodore Barber conducted a classic experiment on hypnotization. He hypnotized 25 different people, after which he asked them to follow a number of suggestions. Barber counted the number of suggestions that the hypnotized participants complied with (the mean was 4.8). For another 25 people, he simply asked them to follow the same suggestions (but no hypnosis was used: the mean was 5.0). Identify and answer the following about this study a) Dependent variable: b) Independent variable: c) # of levels of independent variable: d) Names of levels of independent variable: e) Identify a nominal variable and a statistic: f) In a sentence, describe what Barber's study shows:

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Dependent variable: Number of suggestions complied Independent variable: Hypnotised # levels of independent variable: 2 levels Names of levels of independent variable (Yes = Hypnotised) , No= not hypnotized) Identify nominal variable: It is independent variable. It does not take any value. Statistic is mean Hypnotised participants complied less suggestion than non hypnotized participants.

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