Williams and Ceci (2015)sought to Determine If Gender Biases Exist

question 239

Multiple Choice

Williams and Ceci (2015) sought to determine if gender biases exist in academic hiring practices.They studied almost 1,000 professors in a mock hiring situation in which each professor read the files of several job applicants and then rank-ordered the applicants in terms of most-to-least qualified.What the professors did not know was that the gender of the job applicants was randomly assigned to the professors.That is,if one professor read that job applicant A was a woman,another professor read that the same job applicant A was a man.As a result,an average rating of each applicant could be compared when that applicant was presented as a male and as a female.In this study,what is the dependent variable?

• A)the number of professors
• B)the rank-order
• C)the gender of the applicants
• D)the number of applicants

Comprehend the relationship between international trade and the production possibility curve.

Understand the concept of comparative advantage and its application in international trade.

Comprehend the implications of specialization and trade for global economies.

Grasp the benefits of free trade and the negative impacts of trade restrictions.

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