You Are Comparing Two Methods of Psychotherapy, Method a and Method

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Essay

You are comparing two methods of psychotherapy, Method A and Method B . You have randomly assigned 10 subjects to method A and 10 other subjects to Method B . The dependent variable is the number of weeks in therapy to achieve a cure. The variance of Method A scores turns out to be somewhat greater than Method B scores. What inference test would you use? Explain.

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Definitions:

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Midrange Theory

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