In a pretest, respondents were asked to express their preference for outdoor lifestyle using a 7-point scale: 1 = not at all

preferred, to 7 = greatly preferred (V1). They were also asked to indicate the importance of the following variables on a 7 point scale 1 = not at all important to 7 = very importnat, V2 = enjoying in nature, V3 = relating to weather V4 = living in harmony with the environment V5 = exercising regularly V6 = meeting other people. The sex of the respondents (V7) was coded as: 1 for females and 2 for males. The

V1 7 1 6 4 1 6 5 6 3 2 6 2 7 4 1 6 5 7 2 3 1 5 2 4 6 3 4 3 4 5

V2 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 6 3 6 5 7 6 7 5 6 4 7 7 6 7 7 6 6

V3 6 1 5 4 2 5 4 5 2 2 5 1 6 4 1 6 6 4 3 3 2 4 1 4 4 4 7 2 3 2

V4 4 2 4 6 3 4 3 4 2 6 3 4 4 5 2 3 4 4 7 6 6 7 5 7 2 6 4 6 7 6

V5 5 1 4 3 1 6 4 5 2 2 5 2 5 3 1 4 4 7 4 4 3 5 4 4 1 4 2 4 2 7

V6 2 2 5 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 5 1 2 2 5 1 6 7 3 4 3 6 4 6 7 4 5 3 7 2

V7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

V8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Using SPSS answer the following questions. Q.1. Does the mean preference of an outdoor lifestyle exceed 3.0? Q.2. Does the mean importance of enjoying nature exceed 3.5.? Q3. Does the mean preference for an outdoor life style differ for male and female. Q.4. Does the importance attached to V2 to V6 differ for male and females? Q.5. Do the respondents attach more importance to enjoying nature than they do to meeting other people? Q.6. Do the respondents attach more importance to living in harmony with the environment than exercising regularly? Q.7. Does the importance attached to V2 to V6 differ for males and females if these variables are treated as ordinal rather than interval scale?

Q.8. Do the respondents attach more importance relating to the weather than they do to meeting other people if these variables treated as ordinal rather th