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A group of researchers at a Department of Sports and Medicine are trying to select the best diet for their athletes. After an extensive literature review, they decide to test three different diets over a period of nine months. Specifically, a sample of 75 athletes are separated into three diet groups (Atkins, Zone and Ketogenic) and their weight is measured at three time points (3 months, 6 months and 9 months). The attached excel sheet presents the data they collected during the study. Here, the numbers in each cell indicate the amount of weight lost (in kilograms) at each time point. What can you conclude from the results of this experiment?
*In this question you will find that Levene's test for homogeneity of variance is violated for one of the conditions. You can ignore this continue with the appropriate parametric test.
Could you please:
Identify the appropriate statistical test.
Conduct the statistical test in JASP, Excel or SPSS.
Report the complete results (including assumption checks) in APA style.
Interpret the results.
Attach the JASP, Excel or SPSS output file.
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