REPEATED-MEASURE ANOVA – Analysis of Variance in which subjects ---.doc

Repeated Measures ANOVA – Analysis of Variance in which subjects are measured more than once to determine whether statistically significant change has occurred, for example, from the pretest to the posttest. (Vogt, 1999) Repeated Measures (ANOVA) – An ANOVA in which subjects are measured two or more times and the total variation is partitioned into three components: (1) variation among individuals; (2) variation among test occasions; and (3) residual variation (Hinkle, Wiersma, Jurs, 2003). Repeated-Measures Design – A research design in which subjects are measured two or more times on the dependent variable. Rather than using different subjects for each level of treatment, the subjects are given more than one treatment and are measured after each. This means that each subject will be its own control. This research design goes by several different names, including within-subjects ANOVA, treatments-by-subjects ANOVA, randomized-blocks ANOVA, one-way repeated-measures ANOVA and correlated groups design. (Vogt, 1999) Sphericity Assumption – A statistical assumption important for repeated-measures ANOVAs. When it is violated, F values will be positively biased. Researchers adjust for this bias by raising the critical value of F needed to attain statistical significance. Mauchley’s test for sphericity is the most common way to see whether the assumption has been met. (Vogt, 1999) Residual Variation – Variation not due to either individuals or test occasions in repeated measures ANOVA (Hinkle, Wiersma, Jurs, 2003). ANOVA: Simple Repeated Measures designs involve measuring an individual two or more times on the dependent variable. For example, a researcher may test the same sample of individuals under different conditions or at different times. These people’s scores comprise dependent samples. For example, learning experiments often involve measuring the same people’s performance solving a problem under different conditions. Such a situation is analogous to, and an exten