Dr. Vance is a clinical psychologist investigating the effectiveness of a new virtual-reality-graded exposure therapy (VR-GET) compared to traditional in-vivo exposure therapy for individuals diagnosed with Agoraphobia.
Dr. Vance allocates participants to one of two separate groups:
Dr. Vance plans to measure treatment efficacy by conducting clinical assessments of anxiety severity (using a standardized clinical scale) after the 8-week intervention.
Explain one strength and one limitation of using an independent groups design in this study.
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