Research Question 1:

A counselor who works with adults with anxiety disorders wants to know whether there is a relationship between scores on the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS-A) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). He intends to study this by giving all new clients the two measures at intake and looking at their scores on the two measures. He will use the standard alpha value of .05. Based on this scenario, answer the following questions.

1. Does this question represent a correlational or experimental research design? Why?

ANSWER: (4 pts)

2. The presentation covers two models of reality on which we base our hypotheses: the alternative model and the null model. Which of these two would state that there is no relationship between scores on the HARS-A and the BAI?

ANSWER: (4 pts)

3. State the alternative hypothesis for this study.

ANSWER: (4 pts)

4. State the null hypothesis for this study

ANSWER: (4 pts)

5. Are your hypotheses directional or non-directional? How do you know this?

ANSWER: (4 pts)

6. Suppose you run the study, and the results come out with a p value of .12. What can you conclude about the relationship between the scores on these two measures?

ANSWER: (5 pts)

7. In this case, would you decide to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Why?

ANSWER: (5 pts)