Read the Following Research Report and Answer the Question That

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Essay

Read the following research report and answer the question that follow.
A researcher compares men's and women's attitudes toward dating their best friend's former girl/boy friend.Specifically,college students are asked to read a story describing a situation in which their best friend breaks up with a partner and they later have an opportunity to date their best friend's former partner.Men and women rate the likelihood they would choose to date their best friend's former partner using a 10-point scale (0 = not at all likely and 9 = completely likely).In addition,participants rate the extent to which a similar situation has occurred to them using a 10-point scale (0 = not at all and 9 = completely).The mean ratings for each question for the two groups,men and women,are presented below: What do the p values associated with each t-test tell you besides whether the result is statistically significant?

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Definitions:

Performance Appraisals

A systematic evaluation of an employee's performance in their job roles over a specific period.

Self-Appraisals

A process by which employees evaluate their own job performance and productivity, often as part of their performance review.

Inflated

Increased or expanded beyond what is normal or reasonable.

Deflated

In economic terms, this refers to the reduction in the general level of prices in an economy, or the adjusted value of money when factors like inflation are accounted for.