Consider the following SPSS output:

Political skill is measured on a 1 to 7 scale.

Descriptives
	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	Std. Error	95% Confidence Interval for Mean
Lower Bound	Upper Bound
highschool	53	5.3601	1.27885	0.17566	5.0076	5.7126
bachelor	56	5.5146	1.03527	0.13834	5.2373	5.7918
masters	183	5.6797	0.98376	0.07272	5.5362	5.8232
doctorate	18	6.0185	0.89641	0.21129	5.5727	6.4643
Total	310	5.6149	1.05126	0.05971	5.4974	5.7324
ANOVA
Political skill
	Sum of Squares	df	Mean Square	F	Sig.
Between Groups	7.706	3	2.569	2.355	0.032
Within Groups	333.788	306	1.091
Total	341.494	309
Post Hoc Tests
Multiple Comparisons
(I) educationlevel	Mean Difference (I-J)	Std. Error	Sig.
highschool	bachelor	-0.15452	0.20015	0.867
masters	-0.31963	0.16292	0.205
doctorate	-0.65846	0.28492	0.048
bachelor	highschool	0.15452	0.20015	0.867
masters	-0.16511	0.15950	0.729
doctorate	-0.50394	0.28298	0.285
masters	highschool	0.31963	0.16292	0.205
bachelor	0.16511	0.15950	0.729
doctorate	-0.33883	0.25799	0.555
doctorate	highschool	0.65846	0.28492	0.048
bachelor	0.50394	0.28298	0.285
masters	0.33883	0.25799	0.555

a) State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses for this example. Be precise in the choice of wording for each of these hypotheses.

b) What is your conclusion from the results, in the context of these specific variables? Be elaborate and precise in your answer. Provide at least three sentences of explanation.