In a Study of Two Magazines, Marie Found That the First

question 39

Multiple Choice

In a study of two magazines, Marie found that the first magazine had 150 uses of male pronouns (he, him, etc.) but only 75 uses of female pronouns (she, her, etc.) . The second magazine had 200 uses of male pronouns and 205 uses of female ones. What can be concluded from her work?

• A)Magazine 1 was twice as sexist as magazine 2.
• B)Magazine 2 was not sexist.
• C)Magazine 2 was half as sexist as magazine 1.
• D)Magazine 2 had 130 more female pronouns.
• E)Magazine 1 was sexist.

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Norm

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