The Local School Board in Middletown Recently Asked That the Differential

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Multiple Choice

The local school board in Middletown recently asked that the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) be administered to all fifth-grade students. It is particularly interested in the scores from the spatial relations and abstract reasoning sections. Based on the research into gender differences in cognitive abilities, you should expect that ​

• A)the male students will score higher than the female students on both these two sections of the test.
• B)the male students will score higher than the female students on the spatial relations section of the test.
• C)the female students will score higher than the male students on both these two sections of the test.
• D)the female students will score higher than the male students on the spatial relations section of the test.

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