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mydiamond

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In U.S. society, schooling is more important than class origins in getting a good job.
 
  a. true
  b. false

Question 2

College-educated women tended to do better than their male counterparts on vocabulary tests at the beginning of the 20th century because____________ _____.
 
  a. women have a biological advantage when it comes to language ability
  b. women actually received a better education than men back then
  c. when fewer women obtained higher education than men, their verbal performance was higher given the percentage of highly intelligent individuals is about the same for men and women
  d. women tended to take more English and writing courses, while men in that era were more likely to take math and engineering courses
  e. all of the above



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c



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