Table 5.

Distribution of moral approval ratings for characters (two performances pooled).

Character	Mean rating* ± SD	% minority rating (below or above 0)	N†	t	Effect size§	p
Antigone	0.92±1.51	15.9	82	5.53	0.61	<0.001
Ismene	0.10±1.24	27.7	83	0.71	0.08	0.479
Creon	−1.33±1.42	31.7	82	−8.53	0.94	<0.001
Lear	2.17±1.11	2.4	82	−17.75	1.95	<0.001
Cordelia	0.92±1.35	14.5	83	6.20	0.68	<0.001
Goneril	−0.95±1.35	13.4	82	−6.38	0.70	<0.001
Edmund	−1.13±1.44	9.8	83	−7.18	0.79	<0.001
Gloucester	−0.36±1.42	26.8	82	−2.32	0.26	0.023

^*Rating scale is−3 to+3, with midpoint at 0.

^†One participant did not answer all questions.

^§Cohen’s d.