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A dataset containing weight gain for young girls with anorexia following three different treatment conditions: a control group, cognitive-behavior therapy, and family therapy. The response variable is weight gain measured after treatment.

Usage

anorexia

Format

A data frame with 72 observations and 2 variables:

therapy

A factor indicating the treatment group with three levels: "control", "cognitive", and "family".

weight_gain

A numeric vector giving the observed weight gain after treatment.

Group sample sizes are:

  • Control: 26

  • Cognitive-behavior therapy: 29

  • Family therapy: 17

References

Howell, D. C. (2013). Statistical methods for psychology (8th ed.). Cengage. Chapter 11, Table 11.5, pg. 342.