cEthel is interested in two methods of note-taking strategies and the effect of these strategies on the overall GPAs of college freshmen. She believes that men would benefit most from Method 1, while women would benefit most from Method 2. After obtaining 30 men and 30 women volunteers in freshmen orientation, she randomly assigns 10 men and 10 women to Method 1, 10 men and 10 women to Method 2, and 10 men and 10 women to a control condition. During the first month of the spring semester individuals in the two note-taking method groups receive daily instruction on the particular note-taking method to which they were assigned. The control group receives no note-taking instruction. Fall and spring GPAs for all participants are recorded and a score that is the difference between the spring and fall semester GPAs is calculated. The data for this study is stored in the file gpaimpr.xlsx. For the variable method the values 1, 2, and 3 represent Method 1, Method 2, and Control, respectively and for the variable gender the values 1 and 2 represent men and women, respectively.

Please answer the following: What are the dependent variable(s) and independent variable(s)? (1 mark) Based on the information provided what is the research question being addressed? (1 mark) What does the descriptive statistics tell us about the variables under study? (Note, this is not a question about assumptions) (2 marks) Conduct the appropriate analyses in R. Are the assumptions met? Please include the appropriate statistics or information to support your answer. (2 marks) What do you conclude? Present your answer in APA. (2 marks)