Question

research application: psychology by the numbers part 1
how popular is psychology, anyway? lets explore some research on the topic.
the american psychological association reports that in 2009 (the most recent data available), nearly 30% of u.s. high school graduates took a psychology course while in high school. in other words, almost a million psychology - educated students graduated from u.s. high schools that year. whats more, between 1.2 and 1.8 million college students enroll in introductory psychology courses every year. thats a lot of people studying psychology! and its not just one or two courses - according to the national center for education statistics, psychology is the fourth most popular college major overall.

research application: psychology by the numbers part 1: checkpoint
total points: --/4 attempts left: 3
more students take the ap exam than the ib exam in psychology every year.
this is a correct summary of the data.
this is not a correct summary of the data.
very few people earned a phd in psychology in 2015.
this is a correct summary of the data.
this is not a correct summary of the data.
the data presented here are accurate.
this is a correct summary of the data.
this is not a correct summary of the data.

Explanation:

1. For the first statement: The bar graph shows AP Psychology exam takers (over 300,000) are far more than IB psychology exam/essay participants (both under 50,000), so the summary is correct.
2. For the second statement: The bar graph shows PhDs in psychology (2015) are a very small bar, meaning very few people earned this degree, so the summary is correct.
3. For the third statement: The text and bar graph provide consistent, cited data (from APA, NCES, 2015/2018 stats) with clear numerical values, so the data is accurate.

Answer:

1. This is a correct summary of the data.
2. This is a correct summary of the data.
3. This is a correct summary of the data.