Asian American Personality Traits
A psychologist may wish to study how personality traits of a student from different cultural groups differ on a number of tests that measure:
1. Neuroticism
2. Extraversion
3. Openness to Experience
4. Agreeableness
5. Conscientiousness
The three cultural groups are:
1. European Americans (Caucasians living in the United States their entire lives)
2. Asian Americans (Asians living in the United States since before the age of 6 years)
3. Asian Internationals (Asians who moved to the United States after their 6th birthday)
However, it is difficult to examine how the three groups differ on a linear combination of the five measures. It is challenging to determine in what ways the Big Five traits can be combined to discriminate among the three
groups. It seems impossible to answer the question of for example, whether European Americans score higher on personality traits relative to neuroticism and extraversion when compared to Asian Americans and Asian Internationals?
In MANOVA, the aim is to maximally classify among two or more distinct groups on a linear combination of quantitative variables. These potential questions are multivariate in nature since they treat the quantitative measures concurrently. By using MANOVA, the psychologist could inspect how the three groups vary on a linear combination of the five measures.
1. Neuroticism
2. Extraversion
3. Openness to Experience
4. Agreeableness
5. Conscientiousness
The three cultural groups are:
1. European Americans (Caucasians living in the United States their entire lives)
2. Asian Americans (Asians living in the United States since before the age of 6 years)
3. Asian Internationals (Asians who moved to the United States after their 6th birthday)
However, it is difficult to examine how the three groups differ on a linear combination of the five measures. It is challenging to determine in what ways the Big Five traits can be combined to discriminate among the three
groups. It seems impossible to answer the question of for example, whether European Americans score higher on personality traits relative to neuroticism and extraversion when compared to Asian Americans and Asian Internationals?
In MANOVA, the aim is to maximally classify among two or more distinct groups on a linear combination of quantitative variables. These potential questions are multivariate in nature since they treat the quantitative measures concurrently. By using MANOVA, the psychologist could inspect how the three groups vary on a linear combination of the five measures.