The Jenn/John Study -Example inspired byAdvanced High School Statistics(Links to an external site.)

and adapted from Skewthescript.org

In this study*, experimenters printed up copies of fake application materials for a science lab manager job. All copies of the application materials were completely identical, except for one thing: the name. On about half of the copies, the application listed the name "John." The other half had the name "Jennifer." Experimenters found 127 science lab faculty members and randomly sent them either a "John" (n = 63) or "Jennifer" (n = 64) application. Each faculty member was told that the application was for a real position at their University. The faculty members independently rated the applicant's "hireability" (1-7 scale) and estimated their starting salary. Experimenters compared these results across the two groups.