Researchers recruited 20 volunteers - 8 men and 12 women - to take part in an experiment. they randomly assigned the subjects into two groups of 10 people each. to their surprise, 6 of the 9 men were randomly assigned to the same treatment. should they be surprised?

Yes because there were only 8 men

The federal reserve took an expansionary approach during the crisis. this was done by expanding the money supply and boosting liquidity. this can be seen in the fed's actions of lending to banks, purchasing securities, and lowering the federal funds rate in order to lower overall interest rates. the fed's goal was to increase consumer spending and overall liquidity within the system, and they pursued this by expanding the supply of liquid money.

The answer would be b.