A counselor studies the number of credit hours students are enrolled in for the current semester at a certain college. She collects a random sample of 500 students. Which of the following is the variable of interst?

this excerpt is taken from the book “we shall not be moved : the women’s factory strike of 1909 “ and is written by joan dash. it is the story of the great strike when almost 30thousand women working in factories in america formed a union to fight unsafe working conditions, long working hours and miserable wages.

question: which best states the author’s purpose for including this information in the text?

answer: to challenge the reader’s ideas about a historical event

a is the best answer choice