Professor Perlman from Question 4 Found That Textbook a Contained

question 15

Multiple Choice

Professor Perlman from question 4 found that textbook A contained the word "he" 80 times,whereas textbook B contained it 20 times.In addition,textbook A used the word "chairman" 16 times,whereas textbook B used it only 4 times.Perlman was correct in concluding that

• A)textbook A was four times as sexist as textbook B.
• B)textbook B was one-fourth as sexist as textbook A.
• C)the words "he" and "chairman" appeared four times more in textbook A than in textbook B.
• D)all of these.

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