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Calculate and Interpret Data

The document summarizes data from a clinical study that tested the effectiveness of Drug A and a placebo in treating depression among younger and older adults. The mean, median, and mode BDI-II scores are reported for each participant group and drug condition. For both younger and older adults, the mean and median BDI-II scores were lower in the groups that received Drug A compared to the placebo, indicating that Drug A was more effective at treating depression than the placebo. A bar chart further shows that the mean BDI-II scores were lowest for younger adults who received Drug A, suggesting Drug A is more effective for younger than older adults.

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Calculate and Interpret Data

The document summarizes data from a clinical study that tested the effectiveness of Drug A and a placebo in treating depression among younger and older adults. The mean, median, and mode BDI-II scores are reported for each participant group and drug condition. For both younger and older adults, the mean and median BDI-II scores were lower in the groups that received Drug A compared to the placebo, indicating that Drug A was more effective at treating depression than the placebo. A bar chart further shows that the mean BDI-II scores were lowest for younger adults who received Drug A, suggesting Drug A is more effective for younger than older adults.

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Week 3 – Assignment: Calculate and Interpret Data

Week 3 – Assignment: Calculate and Interpret Data

Student Name

PSY-5110: Applied Statistics

 Northcentral University
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Week 3 – Assignment: Calculate and Interpret Data
Part I

The table below shows the mean, median, and mode for each participant group and each
drug condition on the score for the BDI-II.

Young Adults Younger Adults Older Adults Older Adults


Placebo Drug A Placebo Drug A
Mean 26.4 10.4 26.2 23.4
Median 23 10 29 24
Mode 23 10 N/A N/A
The table shows the measures of tendency, that is, the mean, the median, and the mode

for each participant group and each drug condition on the score for the Beck Depression

Inventory-II (BDI-II).

For the young adult participants, the mean BDI-II score for the group administered with

the placebo is 26.4, and the mean BDI-II score for the group administered with Drug A was 10.4.

These values show that, on average, the younger adult participants administered with the placebo

had a higher BDI-II score compared to the young adult participants who received Drug A. The

median BDI-II score value of 23 for the group that received the placebo implies that half of these

participants had a BDI-II score higher than 23 and the other half had a BDI-II score less than 23.

The median BDI-II score value of 10 for the group that received the Drug A implies that half of

these participants had a BDI-II score higher than 10 and the other half had a BDI-II score less

than 10. The observed lower mean BDI-II score in the group that received Drug A as compared

to the mean BDI-II score in the group that received the placebo implies that Drug A is more

effective than a placebo in the treatment of depression among younger adults.

For the older adult participants, the mean BDI-II score for the group administered with

the placebo is 26.2, and the mean BDI-II score for the group administered with Drug A was 23.4.

These values show that, on average, the older adult participants who received the placebo had a

higher BDI-II score compared to the older adult participants who received Drug A. The median
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Week 3 – Assignment: Calculate and Interpret Data
BDI-II score value of 29 for the group that received the placebo implies that half of these

participants had a BDI-II score higher than 29 and the other half had a BDI-II score less than 29.

The median BDI-II score value of 24 for the group that received the Drug A implies that half of

these participants had a BDI-II score higher than 24 and the other half had a BDI-II score less

than 24. The observed lower average BDI-II score in the group that received Drug A as

compared to the average BDI-II score in the group that received the placebo implies that Drug A

is more effective than a placebo in the treatment of depression among older adults.

Part 2

The figure below shows the bar chart representing the mean BDI-II scores for the test conditions
in the clinical study for the Drug A.

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Mean BDI-II Scores
26.4 26.2
The
25 23.4
bar chart
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above
Younger Adults
Mean

15 Older Adults
shows a
10.4
10 graphical

0
Placebo Condition Drug A

representation of the mean BDI-II score for the two groups of participants who received the

placebo and the Drug A. The bars representing the average BDI-II scores for the group that

received the placebo are higher than those representing the group that received Drug A. This

difference indicates that Drug A is more effective than the placebo in the treatment of
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depression. Finally, observing the bars for Drug A, it is clear that the Drug A is more effective in

the treatment of depression among younger adults than older adults.

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