Factorial ANOVA
Assignment Sheet
Open up SPSS datasheet “Practice Factorial ANOVA”. For this assignment, use “Age” (NOT
Age2), “Country”, and “TVmin” for your variables.
Run normality tests on the main effects and answer the following questions:
1. What is the Shapiro-Wilk p-value for Junior High students on the dependent variable (TV in
min)?
P=.291
2. Describe the Histogram for “Canada”.
There is a slight right skew, but it looks like it could be considered normal, nonetheless.
3. Looking at the Boxplots for “Age”, do you predict there will be a significant difference found
between Junior High and Highschool in how many TV min are watched? Why or why not?
I predict that there will not be a significant difference found between junior high and
Highschool in how many TV mins are watched. This is because the means are very close and the
data overlaps heavily. They look very similar overall.
4. Describe the Histogram for “Singapore”.
It looks like amazing! Very normal, very nice.
Run normality tests for your interaction variable and answer the following questions:
5. Report the Shapiro-Wilk p-value for High school students from Britain (on the dependent
variable).
S-W p=.329
6. Describe the Histogram for Junior High students from Australia.
Looks good. Indicates a slight left skew but is mostly normal.
7. Calculate the skew score for high school students from Canada.
Skew= 1.015/.687= 1.478
Run a Factorial ANOVA to determine if there is a difference in how much TV is watched
between junior high and high school children from different countries. Report your findings
below (note for class you do not need to report all means and standard deviations; however,
you do need to indicate which direction the data flow).
Tests of Between-Subjects Effects
Dependent Variable: How much TV (in min) each child watches per night
Type III Sum of
Source Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
a
Corrected Model 68078.851 7 9725.550 12.480 <.001
Intercept 2328676.073 1 2328676.073 2988.162 <.001
Country 64477.250 3 21492.417 27.579 <.001
Age 217.850 1 217.850 .280 .599
Country * Age 3504.746 3 1168.249 1.499 .222
Error 56109.636 72 779.301
Total 2456975.000 80
Corrected Total 124188.488 79
a. R Squared = .548 (Adjusted R Squared = .504)
For Country, p<.001 which means there is a difference between each country when it comes to
how many minutes they watched TV.
For Age, p=.599 which means we accept the null that there is no difference between junior high
and Highschool aged students in how many minutes they watched TV.
For Country*Age, the interaction, p=.222 meaning there is also no difference between those
from different countries depending on age in how many minutes they watched TV.
In a test to determine whether there is a difference in how much Junior high and Highschool
students from different countries watch tv in minutes, it was found that there is a difference in
each country’s minutes except Australia from Britain (p=.124) and Singapore from Britain
(p=.404). In regards to age, there is no significant difference in how many minutes they watch.
F(3, 21492.417)=27.579, p<.001
