The bar chart shows the number of men and women studying engineering at Australian universities from 1992 and…

Question

The bar chart shows the number of men and women studying engineering at Australian universities from 1992 and 2012 at 10-year intervals.

Which alternative shows the best summary of the graph?

Adapted from https://preply.com/en/blog/2018/08/17/charts-graphs-and-diagrams-in-the-presentation/

Accepted Answer

C) We can see a clear upward trend in the number of female engineering students, while the number of male students seems to have levelled off.

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A) Although men continue to make up the majority of students, the proportion of female students decreased from 1992 to 2002.

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B) In spite of the growing numbers of female students, there are still three times more men than women at engineering courses in 2012.

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D) Although the number of female students has steadily grown, the number of male students has dropped abruptly from 2002 to 2012.

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E) There has been skyrocketing growth in the number of engineering students in Australia during this 20-year study.

The bar chart shows the number of men and women studying engineering at Australian universities from 1992 and 2012 at 10-year…