Is the perceived level of responsibility for an action related to the severity of its consequences? That question was the basis of a study of responsibility in which the subjects read a description of an accident on an interstate high-way. The consequences, in terms of cost and injury, were described as either very minor or serious. A questionnaire was used to rate the degree of responsibility that the subjects believed should be placed on the main fi gure in the story. Below are the ratings for both the mild-consequences and the severe-consequences groups. High ratings correspond to higher responsibility attributed to the main fi gure. If a 0.025 signifi cance level was used, did the study conclude that severe consequences lead to a greater attribution of responsibility?

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