Can experimentation validate the matching hypothesis?

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I am writing up a Higher Psychology research report on the matching hypothesis. I have not closely examined the results, but it seems that they do roughly conform to the matching hypothesis (the average difference of ratings of attractiveness between married partners seems to be fairly low). Therefore, is it wise for me to expect that the results will indeed validate the matching hypothesis, and thus predict this outcome in my experimental hypothesis? I would also greatly appreciate any advice on where to find good quality information on the areas of social psychology relevant to this study. Thankyou very much.

-- Andrew Ross (admr20@hotmail.com), April 05, 2002

Answers

I would search "matching hypothesis" in PsycInfo of some other psych literature database. You might check Psychological Abstracts in your library if you don't have access to PsycInfo.

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), April 05, 2002.

I did a small study on the matching hypothesis for AS. Using Spearman's rank correlation test we got a correlation of c.0.72 so, yes you should.

-- Thomas Ashmead (thomashmead@yahoo.fr), October 06, 2004.

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