The bar chart below shows the number of research students studying different subjects in 2005.

The bar chart below shows the number of research students studying different subjects in 2005.
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bar graph illustrates how many research
students
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studied linguistics, psychology, natural sciences, engineering, programming and mathematics
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broken down into male and female
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in 2005.
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, more male
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were studying when compared to female
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in all subjects with the exception of linguistics and natural sciences. The highest disparity between the sexes was observed in mathematics
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the lowest difference was in psychology. In terms of natural sciences, 200 male and female
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opted to study
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subject making it the most popular course among both genders.
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,
while
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male
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maintained their majority in psychology and mathematics with 200
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each, there were about 175 and 45 female
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in each of these subjects respectively.
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, approximately 110 female
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studied linguistics which was around 30 more
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when compared with men. An equal number of male
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were studying engineering and programming at 150
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, but just under 100 female
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took up engineering and the figure for female
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in programming was almost half in comparison to male
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