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(Prosocial/Care vs. Aggression/Retribution vs. Justice/Fair) and Action Choices (Prosocial vs.
Aggressive) where n is the number of responses within a story category sample, and N is the
total number of responses across all four stories.
A test for the Difference in Proportions tested the following null hypothesis: There is no
difference between the proportion of males and females who choose Prosocial/Care
Justifications.
Of the 284 Best Justification Choice responses selected by males, 82 were Prosocial/Care
Justification Choices (sample p = 0.288732). Of the 348 Best Justification Choice responses
selected by females, 105 were Prosocial/Care Justification Choices (sample p = 0.301724). The
estimate of the difference between male responses and female responses was -0.0129917. The
hypothesized difference in proportions of zero lies within the 95% CI (-0.0844308, 0.0584473)
for the difference in proportions between male responses and female responses to Prosocial/Care
Justification Choices. Therefore, zero is a plausible value for the difference in proportions
between male responses and female responses to Prosocial/Care Justification Choices. I conclude
that there is no significant difference in the proportions of male responses and female responses
to Prosocial/Care Justifications and that females were as likely to choose Prosocial/Care
Justification Choices as males. Therefore, I fail to reject the null hypothesis. See Table 24.
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