Suppose that you are treating a group of clients with the objective of improving anxiety. You have collected pretest scores and posttest scores for anxiety and found that the mean posttest score was better than the mean pretest score. These differences were not found to be statistically significant. What would be your conclusion, as stated in one sentence?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: This study failed to show that this treatment was effective in the reduction of anxiety because the data failed to be statistically significant.
Learning Objective: 1-4: Identify the aspects of inquiry that make the process scientific.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Summary of What Makes It Scientific
Difficulty Level: Medium
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