Graduate Record Examination Test: Verbal, Quantitative, Analytical Writing: GRE-TEST

Recent studies of the gender gap in the history of United States politics tend to focus on candidate choice rather than on registration and turnout. This shift in focus away from gender inequality in political participation may be due to the finding in several studies of voting behavior in the United States that since 1980. differences in rates of registration and voting between men and women are not statistically significant after controlling for traditional predictors of participation. However. Fullerton and Stern argue that researchers have overlooked the substantial gender gap in registration and voting in the South. While the gender gap in participation virtually disappeared outside the South by the 1950s, substantial gender differences persisted in the South throughout the 1950s and 1960s, only beginning to decline in the 1970s.

The author of the passage cites "several studies of voting behavior in the United States" to

A. suggest that rates of change in political participation have moderated

B. provide a possible explanation for a propensity among certain researchers

C. indicate an area of research that is particularly promising

D. speculate about the implications of a change

E. suggest that a particular area of study has not been very productive

A rectangular floor will be completely covered with square tiles, each of which has sides of length 6 inches. If tiles are laid side by side with no space between them and no tiles are cut. then the number of tiles needed to cover the floor is

1.080. Which of the following could be the dimensions of the floor? (Note: 12 inches- 1 foot.)

A. 15 feel by 9 feet

B. 15 feet by 18 feet

C. 30 feet by 18 feet

D. 30 feet by 36 feet

E. 45 feet by 36 feet

A. Quantity A is greater.

B. Quantity B is greater.

C. The two quantities are equal.

D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.