## Variables ##
- Independent variables: temperature (warm vs. cold)
- Mediator: need for affiliation
- Dependent variables: attractiveness house, quality house and communality house
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## Procedure Pilot Study 2 ##
- Warm condition: Residents held a warm cup for 30 seconds and will be asked to fill in a short questionnaire for a consumer test about that cup. They are also asked to fill in a questionnaire about need for affiliation and their homes.
- Cold condition: Residents held a cold cup for 30 seconds and will be asked to fill in a short questionnaire for a consumer test about that cup.They were also asked to fill in a questionnaire about need for affiliation and their homes.
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## Power Analyses (conducted with G*Power) ##
- We based the power analyses on the effect sizes from the original study of IJzerman (2013)
- Independent samples t-test (two-tailed)
- Effect size (cohen’s d): 0.37567
- Power (β): 0.80
- Alpha (α): 0.05
- Allocation ratio N2/N1: 1
- We calculated a sample size of 226.
After collecting data of 113 participants, data was analysed to see if the effect size is sufficient. After this, we decided to adjust the study.
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## Questionnaires ##
- Questionnaire consumer research cup
- Questionnaire need for affiliation
- Questionnaire house
Note: on March 3rd the information letter and house questionnaire were edited and newly uploaded, before we began the data collection.
Edit information letter: information about the questionnaires was included.
Edit questionnaire: question about ethnicity was included.