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**Original citation.** Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2008). Sex differences in mate preferences revisited: Do people know what they initially desire in a romantic partner?. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 94(2), 245-264. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.94.2.245 **Target of replication.** The primary hypothesized effect of this replication study was a “null” effect. We predicted that men and women would show no difference in their level of attraction toward potential partners based on earning capacity. **A priori replication criteria.** Data will be analyzed using 14 separate multilevel models using varying measures of interpersonal attraction as outcomes. It is expected that the gender by earning prospects cross-level interactions will be nonsignificant. The results of these 14 analyses will be aggregated using meta-analysis. If we successfully replicate Eastwick and Finkel’s (2008) findings, we expect this gender by earning prospects interaction calculated using meta-analysis to be nonsignficant (p > .05). **Materials, Data and Report.** All have been posted online and made public as of March 6, 2014. An updated version of the report was posted on August 13, 2014. Another update following an analytic audit was posted April 8, 2015. See the components below for more information. **Conclusions.** In this experiment, we fully replicated the primary finding (key result) from the original (Eastwick & Finkel, 2008) study. Specifically, we found that the perception of greater “earning prospects” was associated with greater romantic interest in potential partners (i.e. attraction/relationship initiation) .19 [.12, .26], but this effect was not moderated by gender χ2(1) = 0.66, p = .42. Similar findings were found when physical attractiveness, r = .36 [.21 .52], and personable, r = .29 [.15 .44], were used as predictors, again with no gender interactions (*p*s > .05). In this case, the key result (which we replicated) was a non-significant 2-way interaction between (X) perceived partner earning prospects, (Y) romantic interest, and gender (moderator). The alternative hypothesis was that gender would significantly moderate the bivariate association in the manner espoused by evolutionary psychologists (e.g., Buss & Schmitt, 1993), but we did not find support for this hypothesis. In addition, the aggregate effect size (association between earning prospects and romantic interest) was comparable to the effect size reported in the original study. This strengthens our confidence in the true effect reported by the original study authors (r = .19 and r = .16 for men and women, respectively), as well as more recent meta-analyses (Eastwick, Luchies, Finkel, & Hunt, in press). *Note: The final report and dataset were updated on August 13, 2014. This update fixes a few minor data entry errors in the dataset, and updates the results to include "personable" and "physical attractiveness" as predictors (originally only earning prospects was used as a predictor). Fixing errors in the dataset did not substantially alter conclusions, but did result in minor changes in the effect size.* *Note: The final report and dataset were updated one more time on April 8, 2015. This update fixes a few minor data typos in the syntax following an analytic audit by a third party. Fixing these errors did not substantially alter conclusions, but did result in minor changes in the effect size.* *Note: On Sept 2, 2015, [a discussion][1] with the original authors was uploaded to this project. The discussion centers around a recalculation of the original study's effect size.* [1]: https://osf.io/ph3ar/
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