researcher wants to know if a treatment significantly changes the wellbeing of someone with depression. The average person with depression scores a 7.2 on a wellbeing scale with a SD of 1.4 points. The researcher administers the treatment to 25 clients for a month and finds their wellbeing at the end to be 7.7. Assume an alpha level of .05.  Imagine we know that a treatment actually does have an effect but the researcher concludes there is no effect. 1a. How could we decrease this probability? Imagine we know that a treatment does not actually have an effect but the researcher concludes there is an effect. 2a. What error has the researcher made?

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A researcher wants to know if a treatment significantly changes the wellbeing of someone with depression. The average person with depression scores a 7.2 on a wellbeing scale with a SD of 1.4 points. The researcher administers the treatment to 25 clients for a month and finds their wellbeing at the end to be 7.7. Assume an alpha level of .05. 

  1. Imagine we know that a treatment actually does have an effect but the researcher concludes there is no effect. 1a. How could we decrease this probability?
  2. Imagine we know that a treatment does not actually have an effect but the researcher concludes there is an effect.
    2a. What error has the researcher made?
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