Mental Disorders: Therapeutic Analysis

The question that I selected for this week’s discussion, is one that is listed among the 10 question that was submitted for the research questions assignment. The question is the following: Are individuals with dual diagnoses, such as developmental disability and mental disorder less likely to receive appropriate mental health assistance than individuals with a mental disorder only? The statistical analysis that would be used for this research question is factorial ANOVA. According to Sukal (2013), “factorial ANOVA is one that includes multiple independent variables and one dependent variable” (Sukal, 2013, para. 1). For this reason, this question is appropriate for factorial ANOVA as two independent variables are identified as the following: the first one is a dual diagnosis (developmental disability & mental …show more content…
For this question, there is 3 independent conditions/hypothesis, which consists of two main effects and one interaction effect (Sukal, 2013).
• Null hypothesis 1: There is no statistically significant difference among individuals with dual diagnosis and the level of mental health treatment received. Alternative hypothesis 1: There is a statistically significant difference among individuals with dual diagnosis and the level of mental health treatment received.
• Null hypothesis 2: There is no statistically significant difference among individuals with a mental disorder and the level of mental health treatment received.
Alternative hypothesis 2: There is statistically significant difference among individuals with a mental disorder and the level of mental health treatment received.
• Null hypothesis 3: There is no statistically significant difference among dual diagnosis and mental disorder only and the level of mental health