Suppose that a friend of yours says, "The problem with feminists is that they make a big deal about little things, like you have to say chairperson rather than chairman.". After reading about the masculine generic issue in Chapter 2, your most informed response would be:
a. "Actually, feminists no longer complain about the language issue, because they are now concerned about more important things.".
b. "According to the research, people now believe that words like chairman really are gender neutral.".
c. "According to the research, people do not consider words like chairman to be gender neutral.".
d. "Despite all the research, people are still using gender-biased language just as often as they did 30 years ago.".
C
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a. 5 days old b. 1 month old c. 1 year old d. 5 years old
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a. organizing data and summarizing data. b. extracting data from samples. c. making inferences. d. measuring z-scores.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word