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.

Which of the following phrases would NOT be an appropriate way of describing this design?
A)One-way repeated measures design.
B)One-way within-subjects design.
C)One-way between-subjects design.

Question

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.  
 
Which of the following phrases would NOT be an appropriate way of describing this design?
A)One-way repeated measures design. 
B)One-way within-subjects design. 
C)One-way between-subjects design.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This design is not a one-way between-subjects design because the same group of high-anxiety individuals were tested at multiple time points, and therefore, the design is within-subjects. It is either a one-way repeated measures design or one-way within-subjects design.

You Carried Out a Study Where You Tested the Effectiveness