From a Slate

question 22

Essay

From a Slate.com article entitled "Psych-Out Sexism: The Innocent,Unconscious Bias That Discourages Girls from Math and Science," published on March 1,2011.
Stout,Dasgupta,and their colleagues wanted to find out why women's outstanding performance on science and math tests in high school and college correlates so weakly with their eventual interest in pursuing careers in those fields.In high school and college,girls increasingly earn math and science grades equal to or better than the grades of their male peers.But when it comes to choosing a career in math or science,more men than women decide to walk through those open doors.
The psychologists asked female students studying biology,chemistry,and engineering to take a very tough math test.All the students were greeted by a senior math major who wore a T-shirt displaying Einstein's E = mc² equation.For some volunteers,the math major was male.For others,the math major was female.This tiny tweak made a difference: Women attempted more questions on the tough math test (comprising 10 questions)when they were greeted by a female math major rather than a male math major.


-In the study described above,what type of claim is the author making? Explain why you think this is the claim being made.

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Definitions:

Cost Formulas

Mathematical equations used to calculate the costs associated with different accounting and financial practices.

Flexible Budgets

Budgets that are designed to vary in accordance with changes in the level of activity or output, to provide more accurate costing and planning.

Spending Variance

The difference between the actual amount of the cost and how much the cost should have been, given the actual level of activity. A favorable (unfavorable) spending variance occurs because the cost is lower (higher) than expected, given the actual level of activity for the period.

Static Planning Budget

A projection of budget figures based on a fixed level of activity or volume, not adjusted for changes.