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kaid0807

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on: Jun 21, 2018
In which of the following cognitive areas are gender differences the largest?
 
  a. verbal ability
  b. spatial ability
  c. mathematics ability
  d. problem-solving ability

Question 2

Your roommate Alex is reading the paper and suddenly exclaims, See, I knew women weren't as good as men at math. This article says that women score more than 30 points lower than men on the math SAT.. Based on the material in your text, your best response would be:
 
  a. That can be explained by the fact that more men than women take the test..
  b. The test doesn't really measure the ability to solve math problems, but it does accurately predict performance in college math courses..
  c. Women may score lower, but the test underpredicts their grades in college math courses..
  d. The gender differences are not statistically significant, because the sample size is so large..


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juliaf

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


kaid0807

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Gracias!

frankwu0507

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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