Chapter 10, Table 9: Performing an ANOVA on Nested Designs Through SPSS Syntax

The data in Table 10.9 consist of general severity rating scores from 24 participants after each participant receives therapy from one of 6 therapist trainees. Three of the trainees are males while the other three trainees are females. In this sense, the trainees are nested within their particular gender.

The hypothesis of primary interest is determining the effect of gender on severity score ratings. The following syntax provides the output necessary to test this hypothesis. The results obtained from the output replicate the results shown in Table 10.9.

At this point, click Run and then All to obtain the results.