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Hello, I am having trouble solving this correlated groups t-test word problem.
Hello, I am having trouble solving this correlated groups t-test word problem. Can someone please help me, my APA conclusion doesn't seem to match my results, and I would like to know why.
1. A measure of social phobia was administered to ten individuals who had come to an anxiety clinic for treatment. The scores range from 0 to 100 (with higher scores indicating greater phobia). Each individual was provided with a ten-week clinical intervention effort and were re-evaluated one month after the intervention. Is the ten-week clinical intervention effective at reducing social phobia? Here are the data:
Individual Pretest Posttest
1 97 70
2 90 72
3 92 70
4 92 76
5 96 82
6 94 85
7 82 79
8 91 80
9 95 79
10 89 80
a. State the test to be conducted and why:
Correlated groups t test; comparing same people in group twice (repeated measures) and this is a within groups design (2 levels: Posttest and Pretest)
b. State the null and alternative hypotheses:
Ho: mPretest = mPosttest
H1: mPretest < mPosttest
c. Find the CV and state the decision rule. Sketch the curve.
CV: 1.833 Decision Rule: Reject Ho if tobs ≤ 1.883 tobs = 6.599 Fail to reject the Ho!
Eta2 = 6.5992/6.5992 + 9 43.55 / 43.55 + 9 = 0.83
Mean 1 (Pretest) = 91.8Mean 2 (Posttest) = 77.3
a. Write an APA conclusion based on your results:
A correlated groups t test was performed to determine if individuals who had attended an anxiety clinic for a ten-week clinical intervention would have lower anxiety scores on the posttest than they did on the pretest prior to attending the intervention. Anxiety scores for the pretest (M = 91.8) were not significantly higher than posttest scores (M = 77.3), t (9) = 6.599, p > 0.05, eta2 = 0.83. The effect of the ten-week clinical intervention was strong, accounting for 83% of variability in anxiety scores, after controlling for individual differences. This suggests that the intervention did not result in lower anxiety scores on the posttest.