The graph to the right compares teaching salaries of women and men at private colleges and universities. What impression does the graphcreate? Does the graph depict the datafairly? Ifnot, construct a graph that depicts the data fairly.

A bar graph titled "Salaries (dollars)" has a vertical axis labeled from 50000 to 80000 in increments of 10000 and a horizontal axis with the labels "Women" and "Men" from left to right. The graph contains two vertical bars of equal width that do not touch each other. The bars over the horizontal axis labels extend over vertical ranges as follows: Women, 50000 to 59000; Men, 50000 to 74000. All values are approximate.

Salaries ($)

Women

Men

50000

60000

70000

80000

What impression does the graphcreate?

A.

The graph creates the impression that women have salaries that are slightly higher than that of men.

B.

The graph creates the impression that men and women have approximately the same salaries.

C.

The graph creates the impression that men have salaries that are more than twice the salaries of women.

D.

The graph creates the impression that men have salaries that are slightly higher than that of women.

Does the graph depict the datafairly?

A.

Yes, because the bars accurately represent each average.

B.

No, because the vertical scale does not start at zero.

C.

No, because the data aretwo-dimensional measurements.

D.

Yes, because the vertical scale is appropriate for the data.

If the graph does not depict the datafairly, which graph belowdoes?