Many adolescent boys aspire to be professional athletes. The paper "Why Adolescent Boys Dream of Becoming Professional Athletes" (Psychological Reports [1999]:1075-1085) examined some of the reasons. Each boy in a sample of teenage boys was asked the following question: "Previous studies have shown that more teenage boys say that they are considering becoming professional athletes than any other occupation. In your opinion, why do these boys want to become professional athletes?" The resulting data are shown in the following table:
