Question

1.25 haters are gonna hate, study confirms. a study published in the journal of personality and social psychology asked a group of 200 randomly sampled men and women to evaluate how they felt about various subjects, such as camping, health care, architecture, taxidermy, crossword puzzles, and japan in order to measure their attitude towards mostly independent stimuli. then, they presented the participants with information about a new product: a microwave oven. this microwave oven does not exist, but the participants didnt know this, and were given three positive and three negative fake reviews. people who reacted positively to the subjects on the dispositional attitude measurement also tended to react positively to the microwave oven, and those who reacted negatively tended to react negatively to it. researchers concluded that \some people tend to like things, whereas others tend to dislike things, and a more thorough understanding of this tendency will lead to a more thorough understanding of the psychology of attitudes.\(a) what are the cases? (b) what is (are) the response variable(s) in this study? (c) what is (are) the explanatory variable(s) in this study? (d) does the study employ random sampling? (e) is this an observational study or an experiment? explain your reasoning. (f) can we establish a causal link between the explanatory and response variables? (g) can the results of the study be generalized to the population at large? 1.25 (a) the cases are 200 randomly sampled men and women. (b) the response variable is attitude towards a fictional microwave oven. (c) the explanatory variable is dispositional attitude. (d) yes, the cases are sampled randomly. (e) this is an observational study since there is no random assignment to treatments. (f) no, we cannot establish a causal link between the explanatory and response variables since the study is observational. (g) yes, the results of the study can be generalized to the population at large since the sample is random.

Explanation:

(a) The cases are the individuals in the sample, which are 200 randomly - sampled men and women.
(b) The response variable is the attitude towards the fictional microwave oven as it's what is being measured in response to other factors.
(c) The explanatory variable is the dispositional attitude, which is thought to influence the response.
(d) Random sampling is used as stated in the study description.
(e) It's an observational study because there's no random assignment of treatments.
(f) Causal links can't be established in observational studies due to lack of random assignment.
(g) Random sampling allows for generalization to the population.

Answer:

(a) 200 randomly sampled men and women
(b) Attitude towards a fictional microwave oven
(c) Dispositional attitude
(d) Yes
(e) Observational study; no random assignment of treatments
(f) No; study is observational
(g) Yes; sample is random