The staff at a mental health clinic wants to determine if their current form of short-term therapy
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The staff at a mental health clinic wants to determine if their current form of short-term therapy substantially reduces depression. Prior to the first treatment, each patient will be asked to complete the Acme Depression Inventory (ADI), which renders a score from 0 to 75 (0 = Low depression . . . 75 = High depression). Patients will be asked to complete the same instrument at the conclusion of their appointment on Week 5 and at the end of their final appointment on Week 10.
Data set: Ch 09 – Exercise 03A.sav
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Variable: ID
Definition: Participant ID
Type: Alphanumeric
Variable: Baseline
Definition: Acme Depression Inventory score at baseline
Type: Continuous
Variable: Week05
Definition: Acme Depression Inventory score at Week 5
Type: Continuous
Variable: Week10
Definition: Acme Depression Inventory score at Week 10
Type: Continuous
a. Write the hypotheses.
b. Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (Mauchly’s test of sphericity) and discuss your findings.
c. Run the ANOVA repeated measures and document your findings (means and Sig. [p value]), graphical plot, and hypothesis resolution.
d. Write an abstract under 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the ANOVA repeated-measures test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.
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