For Her Research Methods Project, Laura Presented Undergraduate Men and Women

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For her Research Methods project, Laura presented undergraduate men and women with a scenario that described a person confronted with problems that were described in detail. Half the scenarios included the additional information that a panel of male experts had provided a list of solutions to the problems the person faced. After reading the scenario, the participants described to Laura how they would respond. From transcripts of their descriptions, Laura scored each person's response for both solutions and for empathy. The solution scores are shown below. Analyze them and write a conclusion about the experiment. $\begin{array}{ccccc}& \\& & {\begin{array}{l}\text { Scenario } \\\text { Additional Information }\end{array}} & \text { Control } \\ & & 12 & 8 & \\ & & 14 & 7 & \\ & \text { Women } & 10 & 5 & \\ {\text { Gender }}& & 11 & 7 & \\ & & 9 & 15 & \\ & & 6 & 11 & \\ & \text { Men } & 5 & 14 & \\ & & 6 & 13 & \\\end{array}$