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Question 16

A clinical psychologist investigated the nightly sleep duration (in hours) of patients diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) compared to a control group of healthy individuals over a three-week period.

The psychologist calculated the standard deviation for the nightly sleep duration of the group with GAD and found it to be 0.45.

They found a standard deviation of 1.85 for the nightly sleep duration of the control group.

Interpret what these two standard deviations tell us about the results.

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Research methods and skills Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
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82 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Research methods and skills, covering Research methods and skills. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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