One-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA

Example:

Researchers want to test a new anti-anxiety medication. They measure the anxiety of 7

participants three times: once before taking the medication, once one week after taking the

medication, and once two weeks after taking medication. Anxiety is rated on a scale of 1-10,

with 10 being “high anxiety” and 1 being “low anxiety”. Are there any difference between the

three-condition using significant level α =0.05 ?

Participants Before Week 1 Week 2

1 9
2 8
3 7
4 8
5 8
6 9
7 8
7 4
6 3
6 2
7 3
8 4
7 3
6 2

Define Null and Alternative Hypotheses

H 0 : μbefore =μweek 1=μweek 2

H a : H 0 is not all equal

Critical Region
If F 0 is greater than F (2,12,0.05 )=3.88 , reject null hypothesis .

Now, the F 0=224.26>3.88 . Therefore , we reject H 0 that means

the three condi ti ons differed signicantly on anxiety level

Table 1

Descriptive Statistics of Before, Week 1 and Week 2 Anti-anxiety Drugs effect on Reduction

of Anxiety

M SD n

Before 8.14 .690 7

Week 1 6.71 .756 7

Week 2 3.00 .816 7

Note. M = Mean; SD = Standard Deviation.

Table 2

Difference in Three Conditions of Anxiety Level

Source SS df MS F p η2p

98.667 1.600 61.667 222.000 .000 .974

Error 2.667 9.600 .278

2
Note. SS = sum of squares; df = degree of freedom; MS = mean square; η p = partial eta squared.

Table 2 indicates that there are significant differences among the mean scores of three

levels of conditions differed anxiety level in the individuals (F (1.600, 9.600) = 222.000, p <

0.0005).

Therefore, we can conclude that a long-term use of anti-anxiety medication elicits a

statistically significant reduction in anxiety among the individuals after 2 weeks of dosage.