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Social Networks & Sex Differences

Caley Pappas

Carleton University

Assignment 1, PSYC 2001E, Professor Thorngate

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Abstract
The present study investigated possible sex differences in social networks by analyzing an archival measure: names in cell phone contact lists. A piece of paper was circulated around a second year psychology course at Carleton University. 70 females and 26 males we asked to record their sex, the number of male friends they had on their cell phone contact lists, the number of female friends they had on their cell phone contact lists, and the number of others (family, public services, etc.) they had on their cell phone contact lists. The median declared that females had 7 more contacts in their cell phones then males did. While on average, males had 2 more male friend than females did; in contrast, females had 7 more female friends then males did. These results support many research done in social networks. For example, the......

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Title: Social Networks And Sex Differences
Approximate Word Count: 1090
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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