Research into gender differences in moral reasoning may require that gender clues be removed from interview transcripts so that the gender of respondents is concealed. In the present study, graduate students were asked to read such transcripts and guess the gender of the respondent. Graduate students were able to guess the gender of the respondent with significant accuracy. Female and male students were equally accurate, and experience with interviewing or with transcripts did not increase accuracy in guessing the gender of the respondent.
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