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Would the following be an example of a 2 way ANOVA:
Conducting a survey to determine if low, med, or high doses of a med has improvement of symptoms in 3 groups of patients who have symptoms for less than a year, more than a year, and more than two years

My other choices don't make sense: one-way ANOVA, independent sample t test, and a dependent sample t test

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The following tables I created (SPSS software). I used gender & college major as fixed IV's; the DV is happiness (a scale of 0=least to 5=most happy)

Univariate Analysis of Variance
Between-Subjects Factors

Value Label N
College Major 1 Psychology 5
2 Literature 22
3 Political Science 25
4 Education 47
5 Biology 11
gender 1 FEMALE 67
2 MALE 43

I understand the above table
Descriptive Statistics

Dependent Variable: Happiness Scaled Score
College Major gender Mean Std. Deviation N
Psychology FEMALE 3.5000 1.00000 4
MALE 4.0000 . 1
Total 3.6000 .89443 5
Literature FEMALE 3.1471 .33183 14
MALE 1.9275 .66691 8
Total 2.7036 .75963 22
Political Science FEMALE 3.0613 .29264 15
MALE 2.3330 .61123 10
Total 2.7700 .56804 25
Education FEMALE 3.1422 .44957 27
MALE 2.7590 .75217 20
Total 2.9791 .62016 47
Biology FEMALE 3.5243 .44215 7
MALE 2.9975 .65035 4
Total 3.3327 .56109 11
Total FEMALE 3.1864 .45327 67
MALE 2.5563 .78438 43
Total 2.9401 .67593 110

I understand the above, but I am confused about sd...does it mean the higher the number the least consistent...for ex) female psy major scored 3.5 mean on happiness scale, however, sd ...

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