The factor which accounts for the greatest share of the difference in the earnings of working women and men in the United States is
a. differences in education.
b. differences in family responsibilities.
c. gender discrimination in the workplace.
d. the type of work men and women do.
d
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a. the distribution of Y changes as X changes b. the regression line is parallel to the horizontal axis c. the regression line is perpendicular to the horizontal axis d. no single regression line can be found
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a. direct b. statistically significant c. spurious d. interactive
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