When you design a one-group pretest–posttest study to evaluate the impact of cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce the level of depression in a group of female clients, you would want to structure your study in such a way that includes which of the key factors as described in your textbook?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: The study plan should include the selection of a scale to measure depression, both pretest and the posttest score for each of the client in the single group of clients that are being provided the intervention. It is important to operationalize the frequency and the method of the number of sessions of the cognitive behavioral therapy and the professionals who are to provide the therapy. Some proficiency in the selection of the necessary data analysis procedures such as the use of t Test for paired data is necessary.

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