DEB & DEA Survey Data

The software PSPP was utilized to clean the data as well as for correlational analysis. Missing data points within a variable were replaced with mean scores from that variable, n=88. Missing data points were replaced with the mean for that measure instead of using an invalid response, because there were not major outliers in the data set, which means that the mean is preserved, and the SDs will be reduced minimally (Lang & Little, 2018). Thus, with a very low number of missing data points being replaced by the mean, the SD should not be impacted significantly. All items were internally reliable.Given the multiple statistical comparisons utilized, a Bonferroni correction was used to prevent any Type 1 errors. Each test was designed to a p=.05 and a one-tailed t-test. The significant level following the correction was pnew=.016. For the power analysis conducted, a SD of 1.13 was identified. A power level of 90% with a 0.05 significance level was selected for this study. While the standard deviation was utilized from a set of community norms where n=243 from the existing literature (Fairburn & Beglin 1994). A sample size of 54 was identified where each group is n=27. The sample for this research project exceeds the identified sample size in the power analysis leading to statistically significant data.