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American College
Testing
IF you're a feminist, you
can narrow the "gender gap simply by changing the way ACT
scores the test
 | See how this compares to the
distribution curves of other tests.
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| The large variation from
state to state in ACT scores by race and sex.
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| Annual earning potential increases $6,667 per ACT point, $600 per NAEP
Math point, $187 per SAT Math point, and $146 per GRE Quantitative point.
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| In 1990 all of the
standardized tests were re-centered so that ACT scores caused the following
"improvements":
 | The male natural science
score dropped 1.3 points, the female score increased a total of .5 points.
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| The male social studies
score increased 3 points, the female score increased 5 points.
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| The male composite score
increased 1.7 points, the female score increased 2.7 points.
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| The male english score
increased 2 points, the female score increased 1.7 points.
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| The male math score
increased 2.6 points, the female score increased 3.6 points.
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Total
test takers (thousands) ...... |
788
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714
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822
|
836
|
805
|
835
|
849
|
739
|
730
|
777
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842
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855
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817
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796
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832
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Year vs. ACT Scores |
1967 |
1970 |
1975 |
1980 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
Composite |
19.9
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18.6
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18.5
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18.5
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18.4
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18.3
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18.5
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18.6
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18.8
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18.7
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18.8
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18.6
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20.6
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20.6
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20.6
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20.7
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20.8
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20.8
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20.9 |
Male
|
20.3
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19.5
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19.3
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19.3
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19.2
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19.1
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19.3
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19.4
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19.6
|
19.5
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19.6
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19.3
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21.0
|
20.9
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20.9
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21.0
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20.9
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21.0
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21 |
Female |
19.4
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17.8
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17.9
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17.8
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17.8
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17.6
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17.9
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17.9
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18.1
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18.1
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18.1
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18.0
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20.3
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20.4
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20.5
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20.5
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20.7
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20.7
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20.8 |
English |
18.5
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17.7
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17.9
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17.8
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17.9
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17.8
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18.1
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18.1
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18.5
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18.4
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18.5
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18.4
|
20.5
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20.3
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20.2
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20.3
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20.3
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20.2
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20.3 |
Male
|
17.6
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17.1
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17.3
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17.3
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17.3
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17.3
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17.5
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17.6
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17.9
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17.9
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18.0
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17.8
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20.1
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8 |
Female
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19.4
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18.3
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18.3
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18.2
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18.4
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18.2
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18.6
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18.6
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18.9
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18.9
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19.0
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18.9
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20.9
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20.7
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20.6
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20.6
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20.7
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20.6
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20.7 |
Math,
total |
20.0
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17.6
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17.4
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17.3
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17.2
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16.9
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17.3
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17.2
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17.3
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17.2
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17.2
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17.1
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19.9
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20.0
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20.0
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20.1
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20.2
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21.3
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20.2 |
Male
|
21.1
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19.3
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18.9
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18.9
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18.6
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18.4
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18.6
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18.6
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18.8
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18.6
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18.4
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18.3
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20.7
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20.6
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20.7
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20.8
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20.8
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20.9
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20.9 |
Female |
18.8
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16.2
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16.2
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16.0
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16.0
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15.7
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16.1
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16.0
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16.0
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16.1
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16.1
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16.1
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19.3
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19.4
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19.5
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19.6
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19.6
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19.7
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19.7 |
Social
studies |
19.7
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17.4
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17.2
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17.2
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17.3
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17.1
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17.3
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17.4
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17.6
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17.5
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17.4
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17.2
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|
21.2
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21.1
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21.2
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21.2
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21.3
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21.3 |
Male |
20.3
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18.7
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18.2
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18.3
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18.1
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18.0
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18.1
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18.3
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18.6
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18.4
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18.4
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18.1
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21.3
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21.1
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21.2
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21.1
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21.1
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21 |
Female
|
19.0
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16.4
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16.4
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16.4
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16.6
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16.4
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16.5
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16.6
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16.9
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16.7
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16.6
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16.4
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21.1
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21.1
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21.2
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21.4
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21.4
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21.6 |
Natural
science |
20.8
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21.1
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21.1
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21.0
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20.8
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20.9
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21.0
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21.2
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21.4
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21.4
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21.4
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21.2
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|
20.7
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20.7
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20.8
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20.9
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21.0
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21.1 |
Male |
21.6
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22.4
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22.4
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22.3
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22.2
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22.4
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22.4
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22.6
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22.7
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22.8
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22.8
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22.6
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21.3
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21.4
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21.5
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21.6
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21.6
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21.7 |
Female |
20.0
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20.0
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20.0
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20.0
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19.7
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19.6
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19.9
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20.0
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20.2
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20.1
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20.2
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20.0
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20.1
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20.1
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20.3
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20.4
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20.5
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20.5 |
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