The table displays data on degrees granted by a California university

Question

The table displays data on degrees granted by a California university in 2015.
     Major     Bachelor's,
State
Share (%)     Bachelor's,
State Rank     Master's,
State
Share (%)     Master's,
State
Rank      Biology    10  4  5  4     Chemistry    9  4  2  5     Economics    46  1  31  1     Engineering    21  2  28  1     English    34  1  28  1     Government    28  2  17  3     History    16  3  20  2  
   Mathematics    23  2  15  3     Physics    7  4  1  5     ( Sort ↕  the table by clicking on the headers)

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement can be shown to be true based on information in the table. Otherwise, select No.

p456 · Answer

YES, NO, NO

1. This university granted less than 10% of the bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry throughout the state.

Chemistry Bachelor's state share = 9%
Chemistry Master's state share = 2%

Both are less than 10%.

ANSWER: YES

2. All the students at this university who achieve bachelor's degrees in engineering go on to pursue master's degrees in engineering.

ALL   is a extreme word. Some engineering bachelors can pursue masters in physics or masters in mathematics.

ANSWER: NO

3. This university granted a bigger share of the state's bachelor's degrees than master's degrees in all but one department.

Let me rephrase this question, "This university granted a bigger share of the state's bachelor's degrees than master's degrees in all   EXCEPT   one department."

There are 2 departments where Bachelor's state share is less than Master's state share: History(16<20) and Engineering(21 < 28).

ANSWER: NO

Elite097 · Answer

i) This university granted less than 10% of the bachelor's -9% and master's degrees- 2% in chemistry throughout the state- True

ii) All the students at this university who achieve bachelor's degrees in engineering go on to pursue master's degrees in engineering- False. We don't have absolute numbers of students in Bachelors and Masters in Engineering. We just have a state share for this one university and just bacuse master's share is more than bachelor's share, we cannot say that all bachelor's students go to master's since it is possible that not all bachelor's go for master's but the ones who do go for Master's in this university is higher than that number in that state
If 21/100=21% get bachelors degree and 14/50=28% get master's degree then we can see 14<21

iii) This university granted a bigger share of the state's bachelor's degrees than master's degrees in all but one department- false
There are two such departments where share of bachelor's < share of master's- History and Engineering department

hallfootball · Answer

Part 1: This university granted less than 10% of the bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry throughout the state.

% of bachelor's degree granted in chemistry = 9%
% of master's degree granted in chemistry = 2%

% of bachelor's and master's degree granted in chemistry = average of 9% + 2% = (9+2)/2 = 5.5%

Hence, the answer is Yes.

Part 2: All the students at this university who achieve bachelor's degrees in engineering go on to pursue master's degrees in engineering.

It is a possibility that students who achieved a master's degree in engineering have come from a different university. Just because % state share of master's in engineering is higher than bachelor's in engineering, it is not necessary that all students who achieved a bachelor's degree opted for a master's degree.

Hence, answer is No.

Part 3: This university granted a bigger share of the state's bachelor's degrees than master's degrees in all but one department.

There are two departments in this university which have granted a bigger share of the state's bachelor's degrees than master's degrees.

These are Engineering and History.
 
Hence, the answer is No.

pintukr · Answer

A. This university granted less than 10% of the bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry throughout the state.

bachelor's degree in chemistry (State share) = 9%

master's degree in chemistry (State share) = 2%

The statement is TRUE

B. All the students at this university who achieve bachelor's degrees in engineering go on to pursue master's degrees in engineering.

Though percentage for master's degrees in engineering is higher than percentage for bachelor's degrees in engineering, the base for both the parameters could be different.

Therefore,it can't be ascertained that All the students at this university who achieve bachelor's degrees in engineering go on to pursue master's degrees in engineering.

The statement is FALSE

C. This university granted a bigger share of the state's bachelor's degrees than master's degrees in all but one department.

This university granted a bigger share of the state's bachelor's degrees than master's degrees in all but TWO departments ,

ie, ENGINEERING & HISTORY

The statement is FALSE

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

This university granted less than 10% of the bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry throughout the state.

Since the university granted less than 10% of the bachelor's degrees and less than 10% of the master's degrees, it must have granted less than 10% of the total degrees.

Answer: Yes

All the students at this university who achieve bachelor's degrees in engineering go on to pursue master's degrees in engineering.

We don't know the actual number of students who pursue bachelor's or master's degrees at this university, but even if we did, we wouldn't know how many of the students with bachelor's degrees chose to switch fields or switch schools for their master's degrees.

Answer: No

This university granted a bigger share of the state's bachelor's degrees than master's degrees in all but one department.

There were two departments—engineering and history—where the university's state share was greater for master's degrees than for bachelor's degrees.

Answer: No

DishaAgarwal12 · Answer

For statement 2 i marked "No" because even if the bases were same let's say 100 in each year

Engineering bachelors would be 21 and masters would be 28. But all those 28 could come from other fields. is that right?

Or if bases were diff- lets say 100 and 50
bachelors would be 21 and masters would be 14. so not necessary

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Major	Bachelor's, State Share (%)	Bachelor's, State Rank	Master's, State Share (%)	Master's, State Rank
Biology	10	4	5	4
Chemistry	9	4	2	5
Economics	46	1	31	1
Engineering	21	2	28	1
English	34	1	28	1
Government	28	2	17	3
History	16	3	20	2
Mathematics	23	2	15	3
Physics	7	4	1	5

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