The results are presented in Table 1. The quantitative results are average values calculated over the entire feline subject population. The qualitative results are broken out by percentages of the subject population. No visible response. Interpretation Cats do not like men with long beards, especially long dark beards.
Cats are indifferent to men with shorter beards.
These interpretations are not categorical. They are subject to several obvious qualifications. The most notable are listed below. While data are available from studies conducted by other investigators, those studies made use of a different methodology than the one we used in our study. This study was conducted with photographs of bearded men.