Question

# The American Journal of Political Science (Apr. 2014) published a study on a woman's impact in mixed-gender deliberating groups.

Study design

The American Journal of Political Science (Apr. 2014) published a study on a woman's impact in mixed-gender deliberating groups. The researchers randomly assigned subjects to one of several 5-member decision-making groups. The groups' gender composition varied as follows: 0 females, 1 female, 2 females, 3 females, 4 females, or 5 females. Each group was the n randomly assigned to utilize one of two types of decision rules: unanimous or majority rule. Ten groups were created for each of the $$6\ \times\ 2=12$$ combinations of gender composition and decision rule. One variable of interest, measured for each group, was the number of words spoken by women on a certain topic per 1,000 total words spoken during the deliberations. a. Why is this experiment considered a designed study? b. Identify the experimental unit and dependent variable in this study. c. Identify the factors and treatments for this study.