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 appointmen

Data set: Ch 08 – Exercise 03B.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
a. Write the hypotheses.
b. Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (normality for posttest– pretest) and discuss your findings.
c. Run the paired t test and document your findings (means and Sig. [p value], hypothesis resolution).
d. Write an abstract under 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the paired t test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.