Low Free Time Famine Case Study

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1. “Contrary to expectations, students in the "low free time" group reported a higher average GPA than did those in the "high free time" group” (pg 6). This finding was not surprising to me and it was interesting to see that they thought there would have been a different result. To me it case since that people with less free time would do better in school as most of our time is taken up by working on home work and attending classes. The findings also showed that people with less free time where not as happy as those with more to me this point toward the concept of a time famine since the people who spend more time one school are lacking the time the need to enjoy the college experience.
2. “Since the survey was administered by the professor

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