You Carried Out a Study Where You Tested the Effectiveness

question 57

Multiple Choice

You carried out a study where you tested the effectiveness of a new therapy technique at reducing anxiety.You identified a group of high-anxiety individuals,and you measured their anxiety before therapy,immediately after therapy,and at two follow-up sessions 1 month and 2 months after the therapy is concluded.High scores on the anxiety measure are scaled to reflect relatively higher levels of anxiety.Here is the hypothetical data from SPSS output.

As an initial observation (that is,recognizing that significance tests have not been interpreted yet) ,what does the pattern of the means across the four measurement times suggest about the effectiveness of the new therapy technique?

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