A human-factors psychologist suspects that Keyboard A is designed better and will therefore facilitate a higher words-per-minute rate than Keyboard B or Keyboard C. He tests 10 participants and measures their typing speed using all three keyboards. He counterbalances the order in which participants use the keyboards. Here is part of his SPSS output: Interpret whether sphericity has been violated and what evidence supports your interpretation.

What will be an ideal response?




Ans: Sphericity has not been violated because Mauchly’s test of sphericity is not statistically significant. This means that the variability between groups is not substantially different.

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