2x2x3 Anova, what will it tell me?

[TruroJP]

Hi -
I would like to compare the means of a DV (emotional intelligence) between three different variables, those being;
1) Gender (are the emotional intelligence scores between males and females significantly different etc. etc.)
2) Group (again with two levels - one group with a disability, one without)
3) And age (for which there are three levels, age 4, 7 and 10).

So effectively - Are the emotional intelligence scores affected by gender (2 levels), group (2 levels) and age (3 levels).
Would a 2x2x3 Anova be the right choice for an analysis like this, providing the assumptions are met for an Anova?

thanks for any help

 

[Dragan]

TruroJP: One post is sufficient i.e., there's no need for double posting.

Thank you.

 

[carabidus]

Assuming normality holds and the variances among your groups are homogeneous, then this type of ANOVA is a nice choice for an initial test.