What Can We Conclude Based on the Research in Women's

question 3

Multiple Choice

What can we conclude based on the research in women's representation in STEM ?

• A) Women are underrepresented in all of these fields, although numbers of women in these fields has been rising
• B) Women tend to be underrepresented in biology and physics but are represented at the same rate as men in computer science
• C) Women tend to be underrepresented in some, but not all, of these fields.
• D) Women are represented in number of undergraduate degrees awarded in the STEM field but are underrepresented in the workforce of these professions

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