Imagine that we have a 2x2 ANOVA in which the two factors ar

Imagine that we have a 2x2 ANOVA in which the two factors are gender (female or male) and exercise habits. Exercise habits has been dichotomized so that people who exercise 2 or more times per week are classified as exercising often and those who exercise 1 or 0 times per week are classified as exercising infrequently. The dependent variable is body weight in pounds.

In this ANOVA, if we were looking at whether the difference in weight between men and women is different depending on the level of exercise habits, we would be looking for...

Question 4 options:

An interaction

None of these

A simple effect

A main effect

Solution

An interaction

because we want to see interaction or relationship between gender and excercize habits