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Question 233

A clinical psychologist conducted a study comparing two different therapeutic interventions for generalized anxiety disorder. Group X received Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), while Group Y received Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). The scores represent the reduction in anxiety levels after 6 weeks (higher scores indicate greater improvement).

Complete Table 1 and calculate the Mann-Whitney U U\,U statistic for the data in Table 1.

Table 1: Anxiety reduction scores and ranks for CBT and MBSR groups

Group X (CBT)Group Y (MBSR)
Anxiety Reduction ScoreRankAnxiety Reduction ScoreRank
3215182
2811235.5
2912269
3516141
258214
31142710
3013203
235.5247
TotalTotal

Mann-Whitney U U\,U formulae:

Ux=nxny+nx(nx+1)2−∑Rx U_x = n_x n_y + \frac{n_x(n_x+1)}{2} - \sum R_x Ux​=nx​ny​+2nx​(nx​+1)​−∑Rx​ Uy=nxny+ny(ny+1)2−∑Ry U_y = n_x n_y + \frac{n_y(n_y+1)}{2} - \sum R_y Uy​=nx​ny​+2ny​(ny​+1)​−∑Ry​

(where U U\,U is the smaller of Ux U_x\,Ux​ and UyU_yUy​)

Show your working.

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