Which of the Following Is True About the Changing Career

question 135

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the changing career objectives of women?

• A) Due to anti-employment discrimination legislation that was passed in the early 1960s, there was a large increase in the earnings of women relative to men in the 1960s and 1970s.
• B) The female/male earnings ratio for full-time workers has been virtually constant since 1980.
• C) The number of women preparing for careers as professionals has increased substantially since the 1980s.
• D) In recent years only about 40 percent of those completing college degrees were women.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A continuous probability distribution characterized by a symmetric bell-shaped curve, where most observations cluster around the central peak and probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in both directions.

Right-Skewed

Describes a distribution of data where the tail on the right side of the histogram is longer or extends further than the tail on the left side, indicating that the median is less than the mean.

Standard Deviation

A metric that calculates the spread or variability of a dataset in comparison to its average, showing the extent to which the data points deviate.

Normally Distributed

Describes a distribution of data that forms a symmetric bell curve, indicating that the data follows a normal distribution pattern.