A Two-Factor Study Compares the Effectiveness of Two Different Treatments

question 63

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A two-factor study compares the effectiveness of two different treatments (factor 1) by measuring performance before treatment, immediately after treatment, and three months after treatment (factor 2) for each participant. There are 100 participants, 50 are randomly assigned to treatment A and 50 to treatment B. The results from this study should be evaluated with mixed-design two-factor analysis of variance.

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