An Industrial Psychologist Is Interested in the Effectiveness of an Employee

Short Answer

An industrial psychologist is interested in the effectiveness of an employee computer training course.A total of 7 employees are enrolled in the course.The psychologist measures computer knowledge (1)just before the training begins, (2)again at the end of training,and (3)again at a 3-month follow-up.An increase in computer knowledge from pre-training to end-of-training would suggest the training is effective.Scores on the computer knowledge test can range from 1 to 10.The tables below summarize the data and part of the data analysis:


Based on the F ratio you just computed and the appropriate critical value (3.88),your decision would be to _______,suggesting that ______ a statistically significant effect of training on computer knowledge.