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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression during seasons with le

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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression during seasons with less daylight (e.g., winter months). One therapy for SAD is phototherapy, which is increased exposure to light used to improve mood. A researcher tests this therapy by exposing a sample of SAD patients to different intensities of light (low, medium, high) in a light box, either in the morning or at night (these are the times thought to be most effective for light therapy). All participants rated their mood following this therapy on a scale from 1 (poor mood) to 9 (improved mood). The hypothetical results are given in the following table.

Light Intensity Low Medium High Time of
Day Morning 5 5 7 6 6 8 4 4 6 6 7 9 5 9 5 6 8 8 Night 5 6 9 8 8 7 6 7 6 7 5 8 4 9 7 3 8 6

Explanation / Answer

(a) The F-table

In our data there are 3 different intensities of light low, medium and high 2 different time of day Morning and Night with 5 different temperatures.

Hypotheses:

There are three sets of hypothesis tests for the Two-Way ANOVA

1. H0: The means of each row (time of day) are equal

H1: The mean of at least one row (time of day) is different

2. H0: The means of each column (intensity) are equal

H2: The mean of at least one column (intensity) is different

3. H0: There is no interaction between the row (time of day) and column (intensity)

H3: There is interaction between the row (time of day) and column (intensity)

Source of

SS

df

MS

F

Variation

Time of day

0.6944

1

0.6944

0.3117

Intensity

20.7222

2

10.3611

4.6508

Time of day x Intensity

0.7222

2

0.3611

0.162

Error

66.8333

30

2.2277

Total

88.9722

35

(b) Tukey's HSD to analyze the significant main effect

Pairwise Comparisons:

Pairwise Comparisons

Dependent Variable:   Intensity

(I) LightIntensitylevel

(J) LightIntensitylevel

Mean Difference (I-J)

Std. Error

Sig.b

95% Confidence Interval for Differenceb

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

High

Low

1.750*

.609

.022

.205

3.295

Medium

.333

.609

1.000

-1.212

1.878

Low

High

-1.750*

.609

.022

-3.295

-.205

Medium

-1.417

.609

.081

-2.962

.128

Medium

High

-.333

.609

1.000

-1.878

1.212

Low

1.417

.609

.081

-.128

2.962

Based on estimated marginal means

*. The mean difference is significant at the .05 level.

b. Adjustment for multiple comparisons: Bonferroni.

Tukeys HSD:

Intensity

Tukey Ba,b

LightIntensitylevel

N

Subset

1

2

Low

12

5.42

Medium

12

6.83

High

12

7.17

Means for groups in homogeneous subsets are displayed.

Based on observed means.

The error term is Mean Square(Error) = 2.228.

a. Uses Harmonic Mean Sample Size = 12.000.

b. Alpha = .05.

) Summarization the results for this test::

The conclusion based on below results

ANOVA

Source of Variation

SS

df

MS

F

P-value

F crit

Sample

0.694444

1

0.694444

0.311721

0.58077

4.170877

Columns

20.72222

2

10.36111

4.650873

0.017404

3.31583

Interaction

0.722222

2

0.361111

0.162095

0.8511

3.31583

Error

66.83333

30

2.227778

Total

88.97222

35

1. The p-value is > 0.05 for the time of day as well as F < F crit, so we fail to reject the null hypothesis.

That means, the means of each time of day are equal

2. The p-value is < 0.05 for intensity as well as F > F crit, so we reject the null hypothesis.

That means, the mean of at least one intensity is different.

3. The p-value is > 0.05 for interaction between the time of day and intensity as well as F < F crit, so we fail to reject the null hypothesis.

That means, There is no interaction between the row (time of day) and column (intensity)

Source of

SS

df

MS

F

Variation

Time of day

0.6944

1

0.6944

0.3117

Intensity

20.7222

2

10.3611

4.6508

Time of day x Intensity

0.7222

2

0.3611

0.162

Error

66.8333

30

2.2277

Total

88.9722

35

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