Angry women, sad men. What are the relationships among the portrayal of anger or sadness, sex, and the degree of status conferred? Sixty-eight subjects were randomly assigned to view a videotaped interview in which either a male or a female professional described feeling either anger or sadness. The people being interviewed (we'll call them the "targets") wore professional attire and were ostensibly being interviewed for a job. The targets described an incident in which they and a colleague lost an account and, when asked by the interviewer how it made them feel, responded either that the incident made them feel angry or that it made them feel sad. The subjects were divided into four groups; each group evaluated one of the four types of interviews.4 After watching the interview, subjects evaluated the target on a composite measure of status conferral that included items assessing how much status, power, and independence the target deserved in his or her future job. The measure of status ranged from 1= none to 11= a great deal. Here are the summary statistics:
(a) Display the four treatment means in a two-way layout similar to those given in Exercises 29.9 and
29.10.
(b) Plot the means and discuss the interaction and the two main effects.
Exercises 29.9:
Recognizing effects. Consider the mean responses plotted in Figure 29.8(a).
(a) Is there an interaction between soybean variety and herbicide type? Why or why not?
(b) Is there a main effect of herbicide type? Why or why not?
(c) Is there a main effect of soybean variety? Why or why not?