Which of the following statements best describes the conclusions about women's salaries?
a. When factors such as type of job and number of years of experience are equated, men and women receive roughly equivalent salaries.
b. At every level of education, females earn much lower salaries than men do.
c. Men earn significantly more than women if we consider only those who did not graduate from college; however, gender differences disappear among college graduates.
d. The gender gap in salaries is larger between Black men and Black women than between White men and White women.
Question 2
Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about affirmative action in the United States?
a. Lyle: According to the affirmative action laws, relatively large organizations need to consider qualified women and also people from underrepresented ethnic groups..
b. Carmen: Affirmative action means that companies must hire unqualified women, rather than qualified men..
c. Bryan: About half of the affirmative action court cases involve discrimination against highly qualified men..
d. Josefa: The government sets specific quotas about the number of people that a company must hire from an underrepresented group..
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