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The proportion of Afro-American students enrolled in Gilmore Community College has increased over the past decades. This is partly shown by the fact that in 1965, only 6 percent of Afro-American between twenty and twenty-three in the town of Gilmore were enrolled in college, while in 1997, 13 percent of the Afro-Americans between twenty and twenty-three were enrolled in Gilmore Community College. To evaluate the argument above, it would be most useful to compare 1965 and 1997 with regard to which of the following characteristics?

  1. The percentage of Afro-American students between twenty and twenty-three who were not enrolled in Gilmore Community College.

  2. The percentage of Afro-American students between twenty and twenty-thirty who graduated from Gilmore Community College.

  3. The percentage of Afro-American students who, after attending Gilmore Community College, entered highly paid professions.

  4. The non-Afro-American students between twenty and twenty-three who were enrolled in Gilmore Community College.

  5. The percentage of -Afro-American students who graduated from high school.
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Explanation

The best answer is (4). The argument presents a substantial increase in the proportion of Afro-Americans between twenty and twenty-three who were enrolled in Gilmore Community College as evidence that there was an increase in the proportion of Gilmore Community College students who were Afro-Americans. This evidence would lack force if a similar increase in college enrollment had occurred among students who are not Afro-American.

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