Discussion The hours of television a student watches television during the weekdays has an effect on their overall math

proficiency exam score. For the students who watched television two hours or less scored higher on their math exam than the students who watched television five or more hours on weekdays. Only 41.9% of the students who watched television for an hour on weekdays scored below level one which indicates that those students cannot perform simple arithmetical operations on whole numbers. A total of 65.5% of students, who watched television for three hours on weekdays score below level one as well. The percentage of students, who scored below level one, was higher for students who watched three hours of television than the percentage of students who watched only one hour of television. Only 12.8% of students were able to score proficient at all three levels after watching television three hours on weekdays. Students who watched an hour of television on weekdays, counted for 33.3% of students who scored proficient at all three levels. From my data analysis I have draw the conclusion that the less television a student watches on weekdays, the higher their math proficiency exam scores will be. The more television a student watches on weekdays the lower their math proficiency exam score will be. The control variables (students sex and free lunch) had an effect on the amount of hours the student watched television on weekdays. The percentage of males (14.5%), who watched television on weekdays for three hours and scored proficient at all three levels, was a higher percentage than the females (11.4%), who watched television on weekdays for three hours and scored proficient at all three levels. From my data I have concluded that females are not able to watch television for more than two hours and have a proficient overall score on all three levels

on their exam, whereas males can. The second control variable was free lunch; whether or not a student received free lunch also played a role in the amount of hours a student watches television during weekdays and their overall math proficiency exam score. For example, for value three

(76-100), 22.7% of students who received free lunch in school and watched two hours of television on weekdays, can perform simple operations with decimals, fractions, and roots, but cannot perform at level three. A higher percentage of students who received free lunch in school and watch only one hour of television on weekdays can perform simple operations with decimals, fractions, and roots, but could not perform at level three.