The Kesher Foundation is interested in alternative therapies for veterans. The foundation is providing grants to nonprofits that provide alternative therapeutic interventions to military veterans. Your agency has been providing traditional cognitive therapy but continues to see high levels of stress and anxiety as measured by an internal agency anxiety measurement. The anxiety measurement tool identifies the level of anxiety an individual is experiencing on a scale of 0–10, with 0 being no anxiety and 10 being the highest level of anxiety. The program director has suggested using meditation with the participants to see if it has any impact on the level of anxiety. A trial is conducted with 30 volunteer military veterans. Your agency needs to provide the results of the trial use of these alternative methods to the Kesher Foundation.
Using the data found in the SPSS Unit 9 Data Set (linked in the Resources), conduct an analysis of regression to determine the extent in which the amount of mediation impacts levels of anxiety with military veterans.
Assignment Instructions For this assignment, complete the following in a one-page, APA-formatted paper: Follow the instructions to complete a single linear regression described in the textbook. Your dependent variable is self-reported anxiety and your independent variable is length of meditation. Include all SPSS outputs with a narrative explanation of key findings. Identify the slope (b) and the intercept (a) and explain how you can use the y = a + bx to predict anxiety levels if you know how frequently the veteran is meditating. Provide a paragraph summary of the results of the analysis of the regression and implications for funding this meditation program. Attach your SPSS data set, found in Resources. Additional Requirements The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements: Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting standards. Length of paper: 1 page, double spaced. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
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