Meta-Analytic Studies of Mathematical Ability Reveal That

question 37

Multiple Choice

Meta-analytic studies of mathematical ability reveal that

• A) women have advantages in some quantitative tasks, and men have advantages in others.
• B) men's advantage is small for arithmetic computation but large for mathematical problem solving.
• C) men's advantage is larger than previously believed.
• D) gender differences in mathematical ability had reversed-women now do better than men in problem-solving tasks.

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