Refer to the Journal of Genetic Psychology (Mar. 1998)

comparison of male and female college students' attitudes toward their fathers, Exercise 7.10

(p. 357). In this exercise, data adapted from the same study are used to compare male students' attitudes toward their fathers with their attitudes toward their mothers. Each of a sample of 13 males from the original sample of 44 males was asked to complete the following statement about each of his parents: My relationship with my father

(mother) can best be described as (1) Awful! (2) Poor,

(3) Average, (4) Good, or (5) Great! The data obtained are shown in the table:

a. Specify the appropriate hypotheses for testing whether male students' attitudes toward their fathers differ from their attitudes toward their mothers, on average.

b. Use the accompanying STATISTIX printout to conduct the test of part a (at a = .05). Interpret the results in the context of the problem.

c. What assumptions about the sample and its population did you have to make in order to ensure the validity of the hypothesis test?

d. Are you satisfied that your assumption about the population is correct? Justify your answer.