Abstract

Screening of attention deficit activity disorder using two way analysis

Author(s): S.L.Sunitha

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a behavioural and developmental disorder. ADD is one of the most common childhood neurological disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood. Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention. It is a chronic condition that affectsmillions of children and often persists into adulthood. Children with ADD also may struggle with low self-esteem, troubled relationships and poor performance in school.ADD can cause significant emotional, social and educational problems. However, whenADD causes are known early and properly, the condition can be managed effectively, so children can grow up to have productive, successful and fulfilling lives. The main purpose of this two way statistical analysis is to assess the variations inADD subjectsunder different environment. The data has been taken fromthreemoderateADDstudents (mean age 20) under stressed and relaxed condition. Three moderate subjects of p value 0.1966, 0.3351 and 0.5204 with six short screening questions and the two sets of data for each case has considered for the analysis. Complete analysis is carried out to find out the variations of scores in each question and the variability between the subjects under different environment.