Question

We want to find out if gender has any effect on how fast people detect emotions. We set up a study where we record the number of seconds it takes for a person to correctly identify the emotion portrayed in a picture. We recruit an equal number of men and women to participate in our pseudo-experiment and then compare the times between men and women. What type of analysis should we use?

Answer 1

Independent samples t-test

Explanation:

The Independent Samples t-test also known as the two sample t-test is a parametric test that compares the means of two unrelated groups in order to test whether there is a significant statistical evidence are from populations having different mean values.

Hence, to find out if gender has any effect on how fast people detect emotions;

- We set up a study where we record the number of seconds it takes for a person to correctly identify the emotion portrayed in a picture.

- We recruit an equal number of men and women to participate in our pseudo-experiment and then compare the times between men and women.

This type of analysis is the Independent samples t-test.