Ray Friedman and his colleagues administered a 20-item test to African-American and European-American students before and during the presidential election of Barack Obama. Before the election, the African-American students performed more poorly than the European-American students. During the election period, the African-American students
a. showed no change from their earlier performance.
b. showed a further decrease in their scores.
c. performed just as well as the European-American students.
d. significantly outperformed the European-American students.
C
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