Research Situation: The staff at a mental health clinic wants to determine if their current form of
Question:
Research Situation: The staff at a mental health clinic wants to determine if their current form of short-term therapy substantially reduces depression. Prior to treatment, each patient completed the Acme Depression Inventory (ADI), which renders a score from 0 to 75 (0 = low depression, 75 = high depression). Patients were asked to complete the same instrument at the conclusion of their final appointment.
- Describe the analysis conducted and the purpose of the analysis
- Report the test statistics (provide the effect size if the test was statistically significant)
- Include the descriptive statistics (the Ms and SDs). Note. Because there are two means and SDs to report, a table is not required.
- Explain the answer to your research question.
Research Situation: The staff at a mental health clinic wants to determine if their current form of short-term therapy substantially reduces depression. Prior to treatment, each patient completed the Acme Depression Inventory (ADI), which renders a score from 0 to 75 (0 = low depression, 75 = high depression). Patients were asked to complete the same instrument at the conclusion of their final appointment.
Use T-TEST /PAIRS procedure to find out whether the depression scores were significantly lower after the short-term therapy compared to the pre-therapy level. Save the syntax command in a syntax file, add appropriate comment.