Which of these people would you give a loan to? Who is trustworthy? Which of these people would you give a loan to?
People were shown pictures of people and asked to rate their credit worthiness.
The subjects were divided into a group of 28 (deemed more credit worthy) and 22 (deemed less credit worthy)
The actual credit scores of the people were found.
MORE CREDIT WORTHY Average Score = 685 S.D. = 32
LESS CREDIT WORTHY Average Score = 621 S.D. = 53
Did the people who were judged more credit-worthy based on their pictures actually have significantly higher credit scores?