Yucha et al. (A-22) conducted a study to determine if nursing students who were assigned to a home hospital (HH) experience differed from those traditionally placed (TP) in hospitals throughout their nursing training. A small subset of data is provided in the table below. In this data set, hospital placement is the between-subjects variable. Anxiety, as measured by Spielberger’s State Anxiety Scale (where higher scores suggest higher levels of anxiety), is the within-subjects variable and is provided at four points in time during nursing training. Is there evidence that anxiety level changed through time for these nursing students? Is there a difference in anxiety between those in a home hospital placement versus traditional placement? Is there significant interaction between placement type and anxiety? Let a ¼ :05.

Subject Hospital Placement Anxiety 1 Anxiety 2 Anxiety 3 Anxiety 4 1 HH 51 33 12 31 2 HH 50 51 50 44 3 HH 65 58 45 37 4 HH 43 40 31 51 5 HH 67 56 50 42 6 HH 46 69 62 46 7 HH 29 28 28 43 8 HH 76 69 62 60 9 HH 66 39 47 38 10 HH 56 46 34 31 11 TP 44 48 51 59 12 TP 44 50 54 40 13 TP 54 49 35 46 14 TP 38 38 32 37 15 TP 25 27 25 24 16 TP 61 60 55 66 17 TP 42 51 42 34 18 TP 36 49 49 51 19 TP 52 63 50 64 20 TP 41 55 56 34 Source: Data provided Courtesy of Carolyn B. Yucha, RN, PhD, FAAN.