The effect of guilt emotion on how a decision maker focuses on the problem was investigated in the Jan. 2007 issue of the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. A total of 171 volunteer students participated in the experiment, where each was randomly assigned to one of three emotional states (guilt, anger, or neutral) through a reading/writing task. Immediately after the task, the students were presented with a decision problem where the stated option has predominantly negative features (e.g., spending money on repairing a very old car). The results (number responding in each category) are summarized in the accompanying table and saved in the GUILT file.
Is there sufficient evidence (at a = .10) to claim that the option choice depends on emotional state?

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Emotional Choose Stated Option Stated Option Totals Do Not Choose State Guilt Anger 12 50 49 57 58 56 45 Neutral Totals 60