A Researcher Selects a Sample of 6 Men and 11

question 8

Multiple Choice

A researcher selects a sample of 6 men and 11 women.She asks participants to rate the likelihood they would do female-stereotyped jobs (such as nursing or school teaching) on a scale from 1 = not likely at all to 5 = very likely.Men indicated that they would be less likely to do these jobs (M = 2.1) compared with women (M = 4.3) .What is the weighted mean for the combined sample of 17 total participants?

• A) 2.1
• B) 4.3
• C) 3.2
• D) 3.5