1.Suppose you are a researcher who is interested in whether young, middle aged, or old meerkats (Age as a quasi-Independent variable) are influenced by diet type (beetle, scorpion, spiders) when it comes to digging.You get 5 young, 5 middle aged, and 5 old meerkats to all dig burrows after eating a beetle, scorpion, spider diet.You record their digging distances (in yards) and obtain the following data for your 15 subjects (for this problem ignore the fact that this is a small sample size).

AGE

YOUNGMIDDLEOLD

111222

10919

BEETLE121023

14924

71120

DIET TYPE

101424

91323

SCORPION14919

11921

121019

91324

111022

SPIDERS81120

13921

10918

Perform the appropriate statistical test needed to analyze the data (keep track of the distribution of subjects).Be sure to include all null hypotheses and decisions reached. Indicate where in your SPSS printout you are reaching your decisions--- which tables in the printout are you using to make you reject/not reject decisions.

Null Hypotheses:

Decisions: