After Attending an Anxiety-Reduction Therapy Session, a Wife's Anxiety Score

question 68

Essay

After attending an anxiety-reduction therapy session, a wife's anxiety score is 75, while her husband's is 80. Overall, women's average anxiety score after the sessions is 70 (SD = 10)and men's average anxiety score after the sessions is 85 (SD = 5).
Relative to others of their own gender, who has the lower anxiety score after the session?
Explain your answer to someone who has never had a course in statistics.

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