Do you view a chocolate bar as delicious or fattening? your attitude may depend on your gender. In a study of American college students, Rozin, Bauer, and Catanese (2003) examined the importance of food as a source of pleasure versus concerns about food associated with weight gain and health. The following results are similar to those obtained in teh study. The scores are a measure of concern about the negative aspects of eating.
Males
n=9
M=33
SS=740
Females
n=15
M=42
SS=1240
Compute r^2, the percentage of variance accounted for by the gender difference, to measure effect size for this study.