Someone Develops a New Test of Mechanical Abilities

question 216

Multiple Choice

Someone develops a new test of mechanical abilities. Which of the following (if true) would be the strongest evidence that the test is biased against women?

• A) The average score for women is lower than the average score for men.
• B) Women have had less opportunity than men to learn mechanical skills.
• C) The people who wrote the test were almost all males.
• D) Women who get a particular score on the test are in fact better mechanics than men who get that same score.

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Definitions:

Cleavage

A series of mitotic cell divisions that transform a zygote into a blastocyst.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.

Mitotic Cell Divisions

A process where a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells, each with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell, essential for growth and repair.

Blastocyst

An early stage in human embryonic development, a structure formed about five days post-fertilization, consisting of an inner cell mass and an outer layer of trophoblast cells.