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jwb375 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

According to the discussion of gender comparisons in verbal ability, a meta-analysis reported an effect size of 0.11 . From this information, you can conclude that

a. 11 of the studies reported a significant gender difference.
b. the effect size is so low that the researchers' expectations must have influenced the results.
c. most studies reported significant gender differences, although the size of the gender difference was small.
d. in general, males and females do not differ in their verbal ability.

Question 2

Imagine that you are an eighth-grade teacher who has just administered a standardized test of mathematical achievement. If you compare the scores of the boys and the girls in your class, you are likely to find that the

a. boys will receive significantly higher scores.
b. boys and girls will receive fairly similar scores.
c. girls will do better on math concepts, whereas the boys will do better on math calculations.
d. scores of the girls will be more variable than the scores of the boys.