For the following research design, identify the following: (a) the independent a

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For the following research design, identify the following: (a) the independent and dependent variables, (b) the appropriate scale of measurement for each variable, and (c) the appropriate statistical test. Justify your answers.

A researcher is interested in gender differences in attitudes toward dating. Specifically, she wants to test the hypothesis that women are more accepting than men are of the idea that men should always pay on the first date, and thus women should have a more traditional view of dating than men do. Data are collected from 10 women and 10 men using a scale that measures dating behaviors and attitudes. Higher scores mean more traditional dating attitudes. How would the researcher determine if there is a gender difference in dating attitudes?

Explanation / Answer

(a)The variables that we are looking at :

1. Dating behaviour and attitude

2. Gender

Interested in determining if there is a gender diffference in dating attitudes;

Therefor the dependent variable is : dating behaviors and attitudes.

Independent variable : Gender

(b)

Scale of measurement for dating behaviors and attitudes : Ordinal (Values of ordinal variables have a meaningful order to them)

Scale of measurement for Gender : Nominal (Classify objects )

(c)

As both the variables are Discrete( Ordinal and Nominal), Chi-squre test is the appropriate statistical test.

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