Past exam of the experimental design and methods course of the psychology, philosophy and linguistics course of the University of Oxford / 2022 / 2

TODO: the required SPSS supplementary data sheet is unavailable. The missing SPSS table is needed to identify the precise statistical analysis rather than merely suggest a possible one. The available conditional explanation in part a of the Experimental Psychology paper separates what the study description establishes from what requires the missing output.

TODO: the required SPSS supplementary data sheet is unavailable. The actual coefficients or test statistics, uncertainty and significance decisions are unavailable. The available conditional explanation in part b of the Experimental Psychology paper separates what the study description establishes from what requires the missing output.

The data-independent alternatives to a causal interpretation are the same as in part c of the Experimental Psychology paper. Use that discussion of confounding, selection and the distinction between appearance ratings and behavior; no particular observed association is assumed here.

Use the design and analysis improvements in part d of the Experimental Psychology paper. The underlying study description is identical, so its data-independent improvements apply without assuming identical software output.