Method
Participants
Ten supervisors consisted of 5 female and 5 male from 10 different police departments in the state of NY, which is considered a male dominated industry and ten supervisors assembled of 5 female and 5 male from 10 different nursing departments within hospitals in NY often referred to as a female dominated industry will be used as participants. A confidentiality agreement will be signed by the participants in order for the rating to be answered truthfully while guaranteeing it to be confidential.
Design
This study can be considered a 2 (gender of the supervisors) X 3(male-to-female transgender employee, a female-to-male transgender employee, and a non-transgender employee) between subjects factorial design. The dependent measures are the supervisors' ratings of the employees on each of the four bipolar characteristics and the 2 responses to the questions scaled from 1 to 5, with 5 being most likely, and 1 being least likely.
Materials
A color image will be used for all the conditions. Each employee image will be …show more content…
The sexual orientation or gender identity of each employee will not be included in the resumes. Supervisors will be told that the study's purpose is to see how likely each employee is to get hired regardless of any tests needed to even get the job. The results will be given in the conclusion of the study. The researcher will travel to each location in order to not be influenced by any other supervisor. Participants will be told that there is no benefit to the researcher in the way they answer each category and there are no right or wrong answers. The participants will also be informed that their answers will remain completely confidential. The participants will be thanked at the end of the survey and they will be notified by phone of the discoveries from the
Participants
Ten supervisors consisted of 5 female and 5 male from 10 different police departments in the state of NY, which is considered a male dominated industry and ten supervisors assembled of 5 female and 5 male from 10 different nursing departments within hospitals in NY often referred to as a female dominated industry will be used as participants. A confidentiality agreement will be signed by the participants in order for the rating to be answered truthfully while guaranteeing it to be confidential.
Design
This study can be considered a 2 (gender of the supervisors) X 3(male-to-female transgender employee, a female-to-male transgender employee, and a non-transgender employee) between subjects factorial design. The dependent measures are the supervisors' ratings of the employees on each of the four bipolar characteristics and the 2 responses to the questions scaled from 1 to 5, with 5 being most likely, and 1 being least likely.
Materials
A color image will be used for all the conditions. Each employee image will be …show more content…
The sexual orientation or gender identity of each employee will not be included in the resumes. Supervisors will be told that the study's purpose is to see how likely each employee is to get hired regardless of any tests needed to even get the job. The results will be given in the conclusion of the study. The researcher will travel to each location in order to not be influenced by any other supervisor. Participants will be told that there is no benefit to the researcher in the way they answer each category and there are no right or wrong answers. The participants will also be informed that their answers will remain completely confidential. The participants will be thanked at the end of the survey and they will be notified by phone of the discoveries from the