RAGE Updated Analyses

Participant Info

Total N main dataset : 202
Total N extra dataset : 62

N excluded no data main dataset: 0
N excluded no data extra dataset: 0

Final N main dataset: 202
Final N extra dataset: 62

Animal Kinds

Trials in previous work

Same Animal & Different Animal together

Descriptives

  • Monoracial Cisgender:

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      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    animal_same_aglow 1 71 1.296 0.5951 1 1.175
    animal_different_aglow 2 71 3.775 0.5126 4 3.895
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    animal_same_aglow 0 1 4 3 2.217 5.334 0.07062
    animal_different_aglow 0 2 4 2 -2.17 3.834 0.06084
  • Monoracial Transgender:

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      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    animal_same_aglow 1 63 1.365 0.7471 1 1.196
    animal_different_aglow 2 63 3.746 0.5671 4 3.863
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    animal_same_aglow 0 1 4 3 2.286 4.875 0.09412
    animal_different_aglow 0 1 4 3 -2.592 7.711 0.07144
  • Multiracial Cisgender:

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      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    animal_same_aglow 1 67 1.448 0.7025 1 1.309
    animal_different_aglow 2 67 3.791 0.4096 4 3.855
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    animal_same_aglow 0 1 4 3 1.474 1.586 0.08582
    animal_different_aglow 0 3 4 1 -1.4 -0.0405 0.05004

Regression

DV = Responses to “same animal” and “different animal” trials scored with agreement with Feppy as lower. Fixed effects = participant group, trial type (same vs. different animal), age (continuous), participant group x trial type, participant group x age (continuous), trial type x age (continuous), participant group x trial type x age (continuous) Random effects = participant

Findings: There is no main effect of participant group, or in other words cisgender vs transgender and monoracial vs multiracial children showed no differences in the way they responded on the animal trials. There is a main effect of trial type such that participants were more likely to disagree with Feppy on the animal different trial, as we would predict and as seen in past work. There is also a main effect of age such that older participants were more likely to disagree with Feppy. Both main effects were qualified by a significant interaction between trial type and age. Simple slopes analysis revealed that, on the animal same trial, older participants were more likely to disagree with Feppy, though this relation disappeared on the animal different trial.

Monoracial cisgender and animal different are the reference groups.

Estimates for the full model
effect group term estimate std.error statistic df p.value
fixed NA (Intercept) 2.1631 0.1645 13.1502 402 0.0000
fixed NA group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.0315 0.0407 -0.7747 402 0.4389
fixed NA group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.0255 0.0421 -0.6056 402 0.5451
fixed NA trial_type_animal_same 1.6090 0.1635 9.8431 402 0.0000
fixed NA age_yrs 0.0465 0.0185 2.5141 402 0.0123
fixed NA trial_type_animal_same:age_yrs -0.0466 0.0184 -2.5336 402 0.0117
ran_pars subjectid sd__(Intercept) 0.0000 NA NA NA NA
ran_pars Residual sd__Observation 0.5845 NA NA NA NA
Confidence intervals for the full model
2.5 % 97.5 %
.sig01 0.0000 0.1841
.sigma 0.5463 0.6274
(Intercept) 1.8399 2.4862
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.1115 0.0484
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.1083 0.0573
trial_type_animal_same 1.2879 1.9302
age_yrs 0.0102 0.0829
trial_type_animal_same:age_yrs -0.0828 -0.0105
Summary for the full model
nobs sigma logLik AIC BIC deviance df.residual
402 0.5845 -354.557 725.113 757.085 709.113 394
## SIMPLE SLOPES ANALYSIS 
## 
## Slope of age_yrs when trial_type = animal_same_aglow: 
## 
##   Est.   S.E.   t val.      p
## ------ ------ -------- ------
##   0.09   0.03     3.57   0.00
## 
## Slope of age_yrs when trial_type = animal_different_aglow: 
## 
##    Est.   S.E.   t val.      p
## ------- ------ -------- ------
##   -0.00   0.03    -0.00   1.00

Individual response patterns:

Descriptive—“same animal” trial and “different animal” trial scored as agree or disagree and classified into four distinct response patterns: agree with Feppy on both trials, disagree with Feppy on both trials, agree on same trial and disagree on different trial (predicted response), disagree on same trial and agree on different trial. Counts and corresponding percentages of participants falling into each of the 4 groups reported.

Findings:
Of the four possible response patterns, the majority of participants (91%) showed the expected response pattern, agreeing with Feppy that two of the same kind of animal were the same but diagreeing with Feppy that two different kinds of animals were the same. 6.5% of participants disagreed with Feppy on both trials and 2.5% of participants agreed with Feppy on both trials. No participants showed the reverse of the expected pattern (agreeing on the animal different trial and disagreeing on the animal same trial).

Additionally, a chi-square test for goodness of fit was statistically significant, indicating that our observed frequencies were significantly different than the expected frequencies, or that the response pattern that participants showed was significantly different from random responding.

Response patterns counts
disagree_both disagree_same_agree_dif agree_same_disagree_dif agree_both
13 0 183 5
Response patterns percentages
disagree_both disagree_same_agree_dif agree_same_disagree_dif agree_both
6.468 0 91.04 2.488
Expected values for chi-squared goodness of fit test
x
disagree_both 50.25
disagree_same_agree_dif 50.25
agree_same_disagree_dif 50.25
agree_both 50.25
Results for chi-squared goodness of fit test
Test statistic df P value
469.3 3 2.136e-101 * * *

Gender/Sex

Trials in previous work

Same Assigned Sex, same gender identity (two cis kids of same gender) & different assigned sex, different gender identity (two cis kids of different gender) together

Descriptives

  • Monoracial Cisgender:

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      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    cis_same_aglow 1 71 1.577 0.9049 1 1.386
    cis_different_aglow 2 71 3.176 0.9146 3.5 3.307
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    cis_same_aglow 0 1 4 3 1.483 1.163 0.1074
    cis_different_aglow 0.7413 1 4 3 -0.8228 -0.4694 0.1085
  • Monoracial Transgender:

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      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    cis_same_aglow 1 63 1.46 0.8949 1 1.235
    cis_different_aglow 2 63 2.802 1.127 3 2.873
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    cis_same_aglow 0 1 4 3 1.911 2.499 0.1127
    cis_different_aglow 1.483 1 4 3 -0.4073 -1.353 0.142
  • Multiracial Cisgender:

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      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    cis_same_aglow 1 68 1.647 0.8243 1 1.518
    cis_different_aglow 2 67 3.082 0.9716 3 3.209
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    cis_same_aglow 0 1 4 3 1.187 0.7809 0.09997
    cis_different_aglow 1.483 1 4 3 -0.8504 -0.3436 0.1187

Regression

DV = Responses to “same assigned sex, same gender identity” and “different assigned sex, different gender identity” trials scored with agreement with Feppy as lower. Fixed effects = participant group, trial type, age (continuous), participant group x trial type, participant group x age (continuous), trial type x age (continuous), participant group x trial type x age (continuous). Random effects = participant

Findings:
There is no main effect of participant group, or in other words cisgender vs transgender and monoracial vs multiracial children showed no differences in the way they responded on the gender trials from past work. There is a main effect of trial type such that participants were more likely to disagree with Feppy on the “different assigned sex, different gender identity” trial (i.e., two cisgender children of different genders), as we would predict and as seen in past work. There was not a main effect of age. There was a significant two-way interaction between participant group and trial type qualified by a significant three-way interaction between participant group, trial type, and age such that there was a relation between age and trial type for monoracial transgender participants and multiracial cisgender participants, with older participants from these two groups being more likely to disagree with Feppy that two cisgender children of the same gender were the same compared to monoracial cisgender participants.

Monoracial cisgender and cisgender different are the reference groups.

Estimates for the full model
effect group term estimate std.error statistic df p.value
fixed NA (Intercept) 2.3101 0.3161 7.3086 220.437 0.0000
fixed NA group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender 0.0239 0.4306 0.0555 220.257 0.9558
fixed NA group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.3596 0.4782 -0.7519 220.217 0.4529
fixed NA trial_type_cissame 1.1020 0.2004 5.4991 402.684 0.0000
fixed NA age_yrs -0.0023 0.0355 -0.0651 220.382 0.9482
fixed NA group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender:trial_type_cissame -0.7531 0.2729 -2.7595 402.533 0.0061
fixed NA group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender:trial_type_cissame 0.5858 0.3031 1.9329 402.499 0.0540
fixed NA group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender:age_yrs 0.0072 0.0485 0.1492 220.226 0.8815
fixed NA group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender:age_yrs 0.0224 0.0530 0.4222 220.196 0.6733
fixed NA trial_type_cissame:age_yrs -0.0416 0.0225 -1.8503 402.638 0.0650
fixed NA group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender:trial_type_cissame:age_yrs 0.0935 0.0308 3.0402 402.506 0.0025
fixed NA group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender:trial_type_cissame:age_yrs -0.0716 0.0336 -2.1305 402.482 0.0337
ran_pars subjectid sd__(Intercept) 0.6050 NA NA NA NA
ran_pars Residual sd__Observation 0.8089 NA NA NA NA
Confidence intervals for the full model
2.5 % 97.5 %
.sig01 0.5098 0.7070
.sigma 0.7561 0.8682
(Intercept) 1.6880 2.9324
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.8240 0.8715
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -1.3012 0.5818
trial_type_cissame 0.7082 1.4956
age_yrs -0.0721 0.0675
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender:trial_type_cissame -1.2893 -0.2169
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender:trial_type_cissame -0.0096 1.1813
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender:age_yrs -0.0883 0.1028
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender:age_yrs -0.0820 0.1268
trial_type_cissame:age_yrs -0.0858 0.0026
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender:trial_type_cissame:age_yrs 0.0331 0.1540
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender:trial_type_cissame:age_yrs -0.1377 -0.0056
Summary for the full model
nobs sigma logLik AIC BIC deviance df.residual
605 0.8089 -829.524 1687.05 1748.72 1659.05 591

Individual response patterns:

Descriptive—“ same assigned sex, same gender identity” trial and “different assigned sex, different gender identity” trial scored as agree or disagree and classified into four distinct response patterns: agree with Feppy on both trials, disagree with Feppy on both trials, agree on same trial and disagree on different trial (predicted response), disagree on same trial and agree on different trial. Counts and corresponding percentages of participants falling into each of the 4 groups reported.

Findings:

Of the six possible response patterns, the majority of participants (51%) showed the expected response pattern, agreeing with Feppy that two cisgender kids of the same gender were the same but diagreeing with Feppy that two cisgender kids of different genders were the same. 21.3% of participants agreed with Feppy on both trials and 9.4% of participants disagreed with Feppy on both trials. Only 0.5% of participants showed the reverse of the expected pattern (agreeing on the cisgender different genders trial and disagreeing on the cisgender same genders trial). 14.9% of participants agreed on the cisgender same gender trial but showed mixed responding on the cisgender different genders trials (agreed on one but disagreed on the other), while 3% of participants disagreed on the cisgender same gender trial but showed mixed responding on the cisgender different genders trials (agreed on one but disagreed on the other).

Additionally, a chi-square test for goodness of fit was statistically significant, indicating that our observed frequencies were significantly different than the expected frequencies, or that the response pattern that participants showed was significantly different from random responding.

Response patterns counts (continued below)
agree_both agree_same_mixed_dif agree_same_disagree_dif
43 30 103
disagree_same_mixed_dif disagree_same_agree_dif disagree_both
6 1 19
Response patterns percentages (continued below)
agree_both agree_same_mixed_dif agree_same_disagree_dif
21.29 14.85 50.99
disagree_same_mixed_dif disagree_same_agree_dif disagree_both
2.97 0.495 9.406
Expected values for chi-squared goodness of fit test
x
agree_both 33.6667
agree_same_mixed_dif 33.6667
agree_same_disagree_dif 33.6667
disagree_same_mixed_dif 33.6667
disagree_same_agree_dif 33.6667
disagree_both 33.6667
Results for chi-squared goodness of fit test
Test statistic df P value
206.6 5 1.103e-42 * * *

Do children view transgender and cisgender people as qualitatively distinct?

ANSWER: Overall, children do tend to view transgender and cisgender children as qualitatively distinct. This tendency did not differ by participant group or age

Descriptives

Descriptive stats by condition
group_race_gender min q1 median mean q3 max
Monoracial Cisgender 1.5 2.5 2.75 2.813 3 4
Monoracial Transgender 1 2.25 2.5 2.698 3.25 4
Multiracial Cisgender 1.75 2.5 2.75 2.817 3.125 4

Regression

DV = composite (calculated by averaging across all four trials) with “same assigned sex, different gender identity” scored with agreement with Feppy as lower and “different assigned sex, same gender identity” scored with agreement with Feppy scored as lower. Fixed effects = participant group, age (continuous), participant group x age (continuous) interaction. Random effects = participant

Findings:
The intercept is 3.15, which suggests that, at baseline, children do tend to view transgender and cisgender children as qualitatively distinct, as this value can range from 1 to 4, with a higher score indicating greater view that transgender and cisgender children are qualitatively distinct. There is no main effect of participant group, or in other words cisgender vs transgender and monoracial vs multiracial children showed no differences in their tendency to view transgender and cisgender children as qualitatively distinct. There is also no main effect of age.

Monoracial cisgender is the reference group.

Estimates for the full model
term estimate std.error statistic p.value
(Intercept) 3.1471 0.2621 12.0090 0.0000
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender 0.0336 0.0644 0.5223 0.6020
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.0683 0.0666 -1.0256 0.3064
age_yrs -0.0423 0.0295 -1.4372 0.1522
Confidence intervals for the full model
2.5 % 97.5 %
(Intercept) 2.6303 3.6639
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.0933 0.1605
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.1997 0.0630
age_yrs -0.1004 0.0158
Summary for the full model
r.squared adj.r.squared sigma statistic p.value df logLik AIC BIC deviance df.residual nobs
0.0172 0.0022 0.6537 1.1493 0.3304 3 -197.73 405.461 421.978 84.1748 197 201

Individual response patterns

Descriptive—each of 2 “same assigned sex, different gender identity” trials scored as agree (0) or disagree (1), and each of 2 “different assigned sex, same gender identity” trials scored as agree (0) or disagree (1), summed together for a score from 0 to 4. Counts and corresponding percentages of participants falling into each of the 5 groups reported.

Findings:
Of the five possible response patterns, the most common response was a score of 2 (i.e., at the midpoint), with 37.3% of participants responding consistent with the idea that transgender and cisgender people are qualitatively distinct on two trials and inconsistent with the idea that transgender and cisgender people are qualitatively distinct on two trials. The next most common reponse was a score of 4, with 23.9% of participants responding consistent with the idea that transgender and cisgender people are qualitatively distinct on all trials, then 18.9% of participants responded consistent with the idea that transgender and cisgender people are qualitatively distinct on three of four trials. 11% of participants responded consistent with the idea that transgender and cisgender people are qualitatively distinct on one trial, and only 9% of participants responsed consistent with the idea that transgender and cisgender people are qualitatively distinct on zero trials.

Response patterns counts
0 1 2 3 4
18 22 75 38 48
Response patterns percentages
0 1 2 3 4
8.955 10.95 37.31 18.91 23.88
Expected values for chi-squared goodness of fit test
x
0 12.5625
1 50.2500
2 75.3750
3 50.2500
4 12.5625
Results for chi-squared goodness of fit test
Test statistic df P value
121.2 4 2.976e-25 * * *

Do children view sex as determinative or gender identity as determinative?

ANSWER: Overall, children DO NOT tend to view sex OR gender identity as determinative (children were most likely to show a mix of responses, then next most likely was a tendency to see gender identity as determinitive). This tendency did not differ by participant group or age

Descriptives

Descriptive stats by condition
group_race_gender min q1 median mean q3 max
Monoracial Cisgender 1 1.75 2.25 2.208 2.5 3.75
Monoracial Transgender 1 1.875 2.25 2.103 2.5 3.25
Multiracial Cisgender 1 2 2.5 2.31 2.5 3.5

Regression

DV = composite (calculated by averaging across all four trials) with “same assigned sex, different gender identity” scored with agreement with Feppy as higher and “different assigned sex, same gender identity” scored with agreement with Feppy scored as lower. Fixed effects = participant group, age (continuous), participant group x age (continuous) interaction. Random effects = participant.

Findings:
The intercept is 2.46, which suggests that, at baseline, children do not tend to view sex as determinative or gender identity as determinative, as this value can range from 1 to 4 and the intercept is almost right at the midpoint (a higher score indicating greater view that sex is determinitive and a lower score indicating greater view that gender identity is determinitive). There is no main effect of participant group, or in other words cisgender vs transgender and monoracial vs multiracial children showed no differences in their tendency to view sex or gender identity as determinitive. There is also no main effect of age.

Monoracial cisgender is the reference group.

Estimates for the full model
term estimate std.error statistic p.value
(Intercept) 2.4570 0.2315 10.6136 0.0000
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.0015 0.0569 -0.0255 0.9797
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.0972 0.0588 -1.6524 0.1000
age_yrs -0.0286 0.0260 -1.0977 0.2737
Confidence intervals for the full model
2.5 % 97.5 %
(Intercept) 2.0005 2.9136
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.1136 0.1107
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.2133 0.0188
age_yrs -0.0799 0.0228
Summary for the full model
r.squared adj.r.squared sigma statistic p.value df logLik AIC BIC deviance df.residual nobs
0.0265 0.0117 0.5774 1.7863 0.1511 3 -172.807 355.614 372.131 65.687 197 201

Individual response patterns

Descriptive—each of 2 “same assigned sex, different gender identity” trials scored as agree (1) or disagree (0) and each of 2 “different assigned sex, same gender identity” trials scored as agree (0) or disagree (1) summed together for a score from 0 to 4. Counts and corresponding percentages of participants falling into each of the 5 groups reported.

Findings:
Of the five possible response patterns, the most common response was a score of 2 (i.e., at the midpoint), with 42.29% of participants responding consistent with the idea that sex is determinitive on two trials and consistent with the idea that gender identity is determinitive on two trials. The next most common reponse was a score of 0, with 25.9% of participants responding consistent with the idea that gender identity is determinitive on all trials, then 20.9% of participants responded consistent with the idea that gender identity is determinitive on three of four trials. 9% of participants responded consistent with the idea that sex is determinitive on three of four trials, and only 2% of participants responsed consistent with the idea that sex is determinitive on all trials.

Additionally, a chi-square test for goodness of fit was statistically significant, indicating that our observed frequencies were significantly different than the expected frequencies, or that the response pattern that participants showed was significantly different from random responding.

Response patterns counts
0 1 2 3 4
52 42 85 18 4
Response patterns percentages
0 1 2 3 4
25.87 20.9 42.29 8.955 1.99
Expected values for chi-squared goodness of fit test
x
0 12.5625
1 50.2500
2 75.3750
3 50.2500
4 12.5625
Results for chi-squared goodness of fit test
Test statistic df P value
152.9 4 4.81e-32 * * *

Race

Trials in previous work

Same race & different race together

Descriptives

  • Monoracial Cisgender:

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      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    mono_same_aglow 1 71 2.239 1.048 2 2.175
    mono_different_aglow 2 71 2.796 1.009 3 2.868
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    mono_same_aglow 1.483 1 4 3 0.2539 -1.199 0.1244
    mono_different_aglow 1.483 1 4 3 -0.3473 -1.093 0.1198
  • Monoracial Transgender:

    Table continues below
      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    mono_same_aglow 1 63 2.349 1.152 2 2.314
    mono_different_aglow 2 63 2.73 1.117 3 2.784
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    mono_same_aglow 1.483 1 4 3 0.3017 -1.377 0.1452
    mono_different_aglow 1.483 1 4 3 -0.2855 -1.376 0.1408
  • Multiracial Cisgender:

    Table continues below
      vars n mean sd median trimmed
    mono_same_aglow 1 67 2.507 0.9272 2 2.509
    mono_different_aglow 2 67 3.037 0.9467 3 3.155
      mad min max range skew kurtosis se
    mono_same_aglow 1.483 1 4 3 0.2032 -0.9034 0.1133
    mono_different_aglow 1.483 1 4 3 -0.7519 -0.5115 0.1157

Regression

DV = Responses to “same race” and “different race” trials scored with agreement with Feppy as lower. Fixed effects = participant group, trial type, age (continuous), participant group x trial type, participant group x age (continuous), trial type x age (continuous), participant group x trial type x age (continuous). Random effects = participant

Findings:
There is no main effect of participant group, or in other words cisgender vs transgender and monoracial vs multiracial children showed no differences in the way they responded on the race trials from past work. There is a main effect of trial type such that participants were more likely to disagree with Feppy on the “different race” trials (i.e., monoracial targets of difference races), as we would predict and as seen in past work. There was a main effect of age, such that older participants were less likely to disagree with Feppy.

Monoracial cisgender and monoracial different are the reference groups.

Estimates for the full model
effect group term estimate std.error statistic df p.value
fixed NA (Intercept) 3.7771 0.3649 10.3506 201.259 0.0000
fixed NA group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.0906 0.0902 -1.0040 201.000 0.3166
fixed NA group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.0566 0.0934 -0.6060 201.000 0.5452
fixed NA trial_type_monosame 0.2463 0.0278 8.8683 402.000 0.0000
fixed NA age_yrs -0.1335 0.0410 -3.2528 201.000 0.0013
ran_pars subjectid sd__(Intercept) 0.8381 NA NA NA NA
ran_pars Residual sd__Observation 0.6429 NA NA NA NA
Confidence intervals for the full model
2.5 % 97.5 %
.sig01 0.7457 0.9442
.sigma 0.6009 0.6900
(Intercept) 3.0584 4.4957
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.2683 0.0871
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.2406 0.1274
trial_type_monosame 0.1917 0.3008
age_yrs -0.2143 -0.0527
Summary for the full model
nobs sigma logLik AIC BIC deviance df.residual
603 0.6429 -770.951 1555.9 1586.71 1541.9 596

Individual response patterns:

Descriptive—“ same race” trial and “different race” trial scored as agree or disagree and classified into four distinct response patterns: agree with Feppy on both trials, disagree with Feppy on both trials, agree on same trial and disagree on different trial (predicted response), disagree on same trial and agree on different trial. Counts and corresponding percentages of participants falling into each of the 4 groups reported.

Findings:

Of the six possible response patterns, the largest percentage of participants (35.9%) disagreed with Feppy on both the monoracial same race trial and the monoracial different race trials that they were the same kind of people, which would not be the expected response based on prior research. 28.4% of participants agreed on both the monoracial same race trial and the monoracial different race trials that they were the same kind of people. Only 20.9% of participants showed the expected response pattern, agreeing with Feppy that two monoracial kids of the same race were the same but diagreeing with Feppy that two monoracial kids of different races were the same. Only 1% of participants showed the reverse of the expected pattern (agreeing on the monoracial different race trials and disagreeing on the monoracial same race trial). 9.5% of participants agreed on the monoracial same race trial but showed mixed responding on the monoracial different race trials (agreed on one but disagreed on the other), while 4.5% of participants disagreed on the monoracial same race trial but showed mixed responding on the monoracial different race trials (agreed on one but disagreed on the other).

Additionally, a chi-square test for goodness of fit was statistically significant, indicating that our observed frequencies were significantly different than the expected frequencies, or that the response pattern that participants showed was significantly different from random responding.

Response patterns counts (continued below)
agree_both agree_same_disagree_dif agree_same_mixed_dif disagree_both
57 42 19 72
disagree_same_agree_dif disagree_same_mixed_dif
2 9
Response patterns percentages (continued below)
agree_both agree_same_disagree_dif agree_same_mixed_dif disagree_both
28.36 20.9 9.453 35.82
disagree_same_agree_dif disagree_same_mixed_dif
0.995 4.478
Expected values for chi-squared goodness of fit test
x
agree_both 33.5
agree_same_disagree_dif 33.5
agree_same_mixed_dif 33.5
disagree_both 33.5
disagree_same_agree_dif 33.5
disagree_same_mixed_dif 33.5
Results for chi-squared goodness of fit test
Test statistic df P value
116.7 5 0.00000000000000000000001567 *

Do children view multiracial and monoracial people as qualitatively distinct?

ANSWER: Overall, children do tend to view multiracial and monoracial children as qualitatively distinct. This tendency did not differ by participant group but did differ by age, as older children were less likely to view monoracial and multiracial people as qualtatively distinct

Descriptives

Descriptive stats by condition
group_race_gender min q1 median mean q3 max
Monoracial Cisgender 1 2 2.75 2.634 3.125 4
Monoracial Transgender 1 2 2.75 2.651 3.875 4
Multiracial Cisgender 1 2.25 2.875 2.814 3.438 4

Regression

DV = composite (calculated by averaging across all four trials) with “Multi + Black” scored with agreement with Feppy as lower and “Multi + White” scored with agreement with Feppy scored as lower. Fixed effects = participant group, age (continuous), participant group x age (continuous) interaction. Random effects = participant

Findings:
The intercept is 4.08, which suggests that, at baseline, children do tend to view multiracial and monoracial children as qualitatively distinct, as this value can range from 1 to 4 (Of note, the intercept is slightly higher than 4 so we may be extrapolating beyond our data), with a higher score indicating greater view that multiracial and monoracial children are qualitatively distinct. There is no main effect of participant group, or in other words cisgender vs transgender and monoracial vs multiracial children showed no differences in their tendency to view multiracial and monoracial children as qualitatively distinct. There is a main effect of age such that older children are less likely to view multiracial and monoracial children as qualitatively distinct.

Monoracial cisgender is the reference group.

Estimates for the full model
term estimate std.error statistic p.value
(Intercept) 4.0782 0.3661 11.1407 0.0000
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.0776 0.0906 -0.8561 0.3930
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.0120 0.0938 -0.1284 0.8980
age_yrs -0.1575 0.0412 -3.8268 0.0002
Confidence intervals for the full model
2.5 % 97.5 %
(Intercept) 3.3563 4.8001
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.2563 0.1011
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.1970 0.1729
age_yrs -0.2387 -0.0764
Summary for the full model
r.squared adj.r.squared sigma statistic p.value df logLik AIC BIC deviance df.residual nobs
0.0764 0.0623 0.9191 5.4051 0.0014 3 -264.906 539.812 556.304 165.588 196 200

Individual response patterns

Descriptive—each of 2 “Multi + Black” trials scored as agree (0) or disagree (1) and each of 2 “Multi + White” trials scored as agree (0) or disagree (1) summed together for a score from 0 to 4. Counts and corresponding percentages of participants falling into each of the 5 groups reported.

Findings:
Of the five possible response patterns, the most common response was a score of 4 (i.e., highest score), with 38.5% of participants responding consistent with the idea that multiracial and monoracial children are qualitatively distinct on all four trials. The next most common reponse was a score of 0, with 25.5% of participants responding consistent with the idea that multiracial and monoracial children are qualitatively distinct on zero trials, then 14.5% of participants responded consistent with the idea that multiracial and monoracial children are qualitatively distinct on three of four trials. 11% of participants responded consistent with the idea that multiracial and monoracial children are qualitatively distinct on two trials, and only 10.5% of participants responsed consistent with the idea that multiracial and monoracial children are qualitatively distinct on one trial.

Additionally, a chi-square test for goodness of fit was statistically significant, indicating that our observed frequencies were significantly different than the expected frequencies, or that the response pattern that participants showed was significantly different from random responding.

Response patterns counts
0 1 2 3 4
51 21 22 29 77
Response patterns percentages
0 1 2 3 4
25.5 10.5 11 14.5 38.5
Expected values for chi-squared goodness of fit test
x
0 12.5
1 50.0
2 75.0
3 50.0
4 12.5
Results for chi-squared goodness of fit test
Test statistic df P value
514.5 4 4.912e-110 * * *

Do children engage in hypodescent or hyperdescent?

ANSWER: Overall, children DO NOT tend to engage in hypodescent or hyperdescent. This tendency did not differ by participant group or age

Hypodescent scored as higher, thus hyperdescent scored as lower

Descriptives

Descriptive stats by condition
group_race_gender min q1 median mean q3 max
Monoracial Cisgender 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.549 2.625 3.5
Monoracial Transgender 1.75 2.5 2.5 2.46 2.5 3.25
Multiracial Cisgender 1.75 2.25 2.5 2.458 2.5 3

Regression

DV = composite (calculated by averaging across all four trials) with “Multi + Black” scored with agreement with Feppy as higher and “Multi + White” scored with agreement with Feppy scored as lower. Fixed effects = participant group, age (continuous), participant group x age (continuous) interaction.

Findings:
The intercept is 2.51, which suggests that, at baseline, children do not tend to engage in hypodescent or hyperdescent, as this value can range from 1 to 4 and the intercept is almost right at the midpoint (a higher score indicating greater hypodescent and a lower score indicating greater hyperdescent). There is no main effect of participant group, or in other words cisgender vs transgender and monoracial vs multiracial children showed no differences in their tendency to engage in hypodescent or hyperdescent. There is also no main effect of age.

Monoracial cisgender is the reference group.

Estimates for the full model
term estimate std.error statistic p.value
(Intercept) 2.5083 0.1121 22.3711 0.0000
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender 0.1166 0.1527 0.7632 0.4463
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender 0.2462 0.1696 1.4519 0.1481
age_yrs -0.0017 0.0126 -0.1339 0.8936
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender:age_yrs -0.0070 0.0172 -0.4084 0.6835
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender:age_yrs -0.0311 0.0188 -1.6520 0.1001
Confidence intervals for the full model
2.5 % 97.5 %
(Intercept) 2.2872 2.7295
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender -0.1846 0.4177
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender -0.0882 0.5807
age_yrs -0.0265 0.0231
group_race_gender_monoracial_transgender:age_yrs -0.0410 0.0269
group_race_gender_multiracial_cisgender:age_yrs -0.0682 0.0060
Summary for the full model
r.squared adj.r.squared sigma statistic p.value df logLik AIC BIC deviance df.residual nobs
0.0489 0.0244 0.2772 1.996 0.0809 5 -24.1283 62.2566 85.3448 14.9054 194 200
## SIMPLE SLOPES ANALYSIS 
## 
## Slope of age_yrs when group_race_gender = Multiracial Cisgender: 
## 
##   Est.   S.E.   t val.      p
## ------ ------ -------- ------
##   0.04   0.02     1.77   0.08
## 
## Slope of age_yrs when group_race_gender = Monoracial Transgender: 
## 
##    Est.   S.E.   t val.      p
## ------- ------ -------- ------
##   -0.03   0.02    -1.35   0.18
## 
## Slope of age_yrs when group_race_gender = Monoracial Cisgender: 
## 
##    Est.   S.E.   t val.      p
## ------- ------ -------- ------
##   -0.01   0.02    -0.43   0.67

Individual response patterns

Descriptive—each of 2 “Multi + Black” trials scored as agree (1) or disagree (0) and each of 2 “Multi + White” trials scored as agree (0) or disagree (1) summed together for a score from 0 to 4. Counts and corresponding percentages of participants falling into each of the 5 groups reported.

Findings: Of the five possible response patterns, the most common response was a score of 2 (i.e., at the midpoint), with 71% of participants responding consistent with hypodescent on two trials and consistent with hyperdescent on two trials. The next most common response was a score of 1, with 15% of participants responding consistent with hypodescent on one trial, then 10% of participants responding consistent with hypodescent on three of four trials. 3% of participants responded consistent with hypodescent on zero trials, and only 1% of participants responsed consistent with hypodescent on all trials.

Additionally, a chi-square test for goodness of fit was statistically significant, indicating that our observed frequencies were significantly different than the expected frequencies, or that the response pattern that participants showed was significantly different from random responding.

Response patterns counts
0 1 2 3 4
6 30 142 20 2
Response patterns percentages
0 1 2 3 4
3 15 71 10 1
Expected values for chi-squared goodness of fit test
x
0 12.5
1 50.0
2 75.0
3 50.0
4 12.5
Results for chi-squared goodness of fit test
Test statistic df P value
98.05 4 0.00000000000000000002554 *