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Successful hotel managers must have personality characteristics often thought of as feminine (such as “compassionate’’) as well as those often thought of as masculine (such as “forceful’’). The Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI) is a personality test that gives separate ratings for female and male stereotypes, both on a scale of 1 to 7. Here are summary statistics for a sample of 148 male general managers of three-star and four-star hotels.38 The data come from a comprehensive mailing to these hotels. The response rate was 48%, which is good for mail surveys of this kind. Although nonresponse remains an issue, users of statistics usually act as if they have an SRS when the response rate is “good enough.’’
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| Masculinity score | Femininity score |
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The mean BSRI masculinity score for the general male population is . Is there evidence that hotel managers on the average score higher in masculinity than the general male population?
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. There is evidence that the hotel managers on average score higher in masculinity than the general male population.