In a pretest, 30 respondents were asked to express their preference for an outdoor lifestyle (v1) using a 7-point scale (1=not at all preffered, 7=greatly preffered). They were also asked to indicate the importance of the following variables on a 7-point scale (1=not at all important, 7=very important).

v2= enjoying nature , v3= enjoying weather, v4= living in harmony with the envioment, v5=exercising regularly, v6= meeting other people.

The sex of the respondent (v7) was coded as 1=female and 2=male. The location of residence (v8) was coded as 1=midtown/downtown, 2=suburbs, and 3 countryside. The data obtained are given in the following table.

# Res	v1	v2	v3	v4	v5	v6	v7	v8
1	7	3	6	4	5	2	1	1
2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
3	6	2	5	4	4	5	1	1
4	4	3	4	6	3	2	1	1
5	1	2	2	3	1	2	1	1
6	6	3	5	4	6	2	1	1
7	5	3	4	3	4	5	1	1
8	6	4	5	4	5	1	1	1
9	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
10	2	4	2	6	2	2	1	1
11	6	4	5	3	5	5	1	2
12	2	3	1	4	2	1	1	2
13	7	2	6	4	5	6	1	2
14	4	6	4	5	3	3	1	2
15	1	3	1	2	1	4	1	2
16	6	6	6	3	4	5	2	2
17	5	5	6	4	4	6	2	2
18	7	7	4	4	7	7	2	2
19	2	6	3	7	4	3	2	2
20	3	7	3	6	4	4	2	2
21	1	5	2	6	3	3	2	3
22	5	6	4	7	5	6	2	3
23	2	4	1	5	4	4	2	3
24	4	7	4	7	4	6	2	3
25	6	7	4	2	1	7	2	3
26	3	6	4	6	4	4	2	3
27	4	7	7	4	2	5	2	3
28	3	7	2	6	4	3	2	3
29	4	6	3	7	2	7	2	3
30	5	6	2	6	7	2	2	3

Using a statistical package of your choice, answer the following questions. In each case, formulate the null and the alternative hypotheses and conduct the appropiate statistical test(s).

A. Does the mean preference for an outdoor lifestyle exceed 3.0?

B. Does the mean importance of enjoying nature exceed 3.5?

C. Does the mean preference for an outdoor lifestyle differ from males and females?

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