A study at a liberal arts college attempted to find out who

A study at a liberal arts college attempted to find out who watches more TV at college: men or women? Varsity athletes or non-athletes? Student researchers asked 100 randomly selected students questions about their backgrounds and about their television-viewing habits. Hours per week were recorded to the nearest number of hours).

FNA (female non-athletes)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4

FA (Female athletes)

0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4

MNA (Male non-athletes)

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

MA (Male athletes)

0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5

1. Prepare side-by-side box-and-whiskers plots. Comment.

2. Is the mean number of hours watching TV the same for all four groups of students?

3. Is there any group which watches TV more than the others?

4. Do males and females differ in the mean number of hours they watch TV?

5. Do athletes differ from non-athletes in the mean number of hours they watch TV?

Can you explain how you used SPSS to get these answers or what tests to run using spss when appropriate?

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