Hello everyone!
Please excuse my english, it is not my first language, so if something is unclear, let me know
For my master thesis, I'm using pre-collected data from Burn-Out patients to compare with a healthy control group in regards to figural creativity and subjective evaluation of the creative personality. The data for figural creativity was collected with the Torrace Test of Creative Thinking (Originality and Flexibility). The data for creative personality was aggregated via the Creative Personal Scale. Both groups have been matched by age and gender.
I'm investigating the following:
What differences can be found between patients who suffer from burn-out symptoms in comparison to healthy participants in figural creativity and subjective evaluation of the creative personality?
For this, I would chose the following variables:
* Independent variable: Burn-out vs. Healthy Group
* Dependent variable 1: TTCT (Originality vs. Flexibility)
* Dependent variable 2: CPS (Only sum-score?)
I think I'll have to use a 2x2x? MANOVA, but the CPS will only give me a Sum-Score, consisting of 12 Items for "not creative" and 18 Items for "creative", with a min/max of -12/18 (I think the not-creative-Item answers are coded with -1/0 and the creative-Item answers with +1/0, respectively). Unfortunately, I do not have the manuals for the tests, so I could not find the necessary Cut-Off values. The only information I found so far is, that the CPS result will be a "Sum". What I do not know is, how can I use a Sum when calculating a MANOVA? Would I not need two factors for the variable? Also, I think I'll need the Mean value, and I have no clue how to calculate a Mean from a Sum-Score...
My other investigation is regarding the relation between TTCT, CPS and Burn-out patients:
Is there a correlation between the Originality (or Flexibility, respectively) in figural creativity tests and the subjective evaluation of the creative personality in Burn-Out Patients?
As this is an undirected hypothesis, I think I need to use a Correlation. I'm not sure about that, tho, and have the same issue with the Sum-Score when it comes to calculating a Mean value...
Any help and suggestions are highly appreciated!
Please excuse my english, it is not my first language, so if something is unclear, let me know
For my master thesis, I'm using pre-collected data from Burn-Out patients to compare with a healthy control group in regards to figural creativity and subjective evaluation of the creative personality. The data for figural creativity was collected with the Torrace Test of Creative Thinking (Originality and Flexibility). The data for creative personality was aggregated via the Creative Personal Scale. Both groups have been matched by age and gender.
I'm investigating the following:
What differences can be found between patients who suffer from burn-out symptoms in comparison to healthy participants in figural creativity and subjective evaluation of the creative personality?
For this, I would chose the following variables:
* Independent variable: Burn-out vs. Healthy Group
* Dependent variable 1: TTCT (Originality vs. Flexibility)
* Dependent variable 2: CPS (Only sum-score?)
I think I'll have to use a 2x2x? MANOVA, but the CPS will only give me a Sum-Score, consisting of 12 Items for "not creative" and 18 Items for "creative", with a min/max of -12/18 (I think the not-creative-Item answers are coded with -1/0 and the creative-Item answers with +1/0, respectively). Unfortunately, I do not have the manuals for the tests, so I could not find the necessary Cut-Off values. The only information I found so far is, that the CPS result will be a "Sum". What I do not know is, how can I use a Sum when calculating a MANOVA? Would I not need two factors for the variable? Also, I think I'll need the Mean value, and I have no clue how to calculate a Mean from a Sum-Score...
My other investigation is regarding the relation between TTCT, CPS and Burn-out patients:
Is there a correlation between the Originality (or Flexibility, respectively) in figural creativity tests and the subjective evaluation of the creative personality in Burn-Out Patients?
As this is an undirected hypothesis, I think I need to use a Correlation. I'm not sure about that, tho, and have the same issue with the Sum-Score when it comes to calculating a Mean value...
Any help and suggestions are highly appreciated!
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