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convention is that any p>.10 is thought to be not significant and one cannot reject the null
Favorite Water Sport
in these cases. If p>.10, we conclude there is no real relationship. If p<.10 there is a
statistically significant relationship.
SWIM WADE 3.80%

MOTOR BOAT 9.00%
Some of the variables that were used in this analysis include
WHITE WATER RAFT 5.70%
• Demographics: respondents’ age, gender, income
SEA FISH 10.30%
• Geography: where respondents live, where they recreate
BASS FISH 7.20%
• Attitudes: concerns and preferences for recreation and accommodation
FLATWATER KAYAK 13.90%
• Activities: Type of license held (fishing, motorboat registration or invasive species:
OTHER FISH 11.50%
(referred here as anglers, motorboaters and paddlers, respectively), favorite sports,
FLY FISH 38.60% favorite waterbodies, most frequent waterbodies, overnight trips, miles traveled.
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00%
Several questions had an “other” category. One notable question was favorite activity in
which anglers wrote in several types of fishing activities. Any “other” response that mentioned fishing (e.g., “all types of fishing” or “just plain fishing”) were combined into a new
variable called “other fish”; this was the second most frequent answer to favorite sport, trailing only to fly fishing. Data were compiled into tables, often by percentage of
response by group (or parameter estimates in regressions). Significance is denoted by p-values were applicable (when p<.10).