McGee and Shevlin (2009) found that an individual's sense of humor had a significant effect on how attractive the individual was perceived to be by others. In a similar study, female college students were given brief descriptions of three potential romantic partners. One was identified as the target and was described positively as being single, ambitious, and having good job prospects. For half of the participants, the description also said that he had a great sense of humor. For another half, it said that he has no sense of humor. After reading the three descriptions, the participants were asked to rank the three men 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in terms of attractiveness. For each of the two groups, the researchers recorded the number of times the target was placed in each ordinal position.