When Employment Discrimination Results from the Personal Prejudices of Employers

question 54

Multiple Choice

When employment discrimination results from the personal prejudices of employers, economic theory suggests that

• A) employers who discriminate will have lower production costs.
• B) the wages of employees who are discriminated against will rise.
• C) employers who discriminate will have the same production costs as those who do not discriminate.
• D) employers who discriminate will have lower profits.

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Definitions:

ANOVA Procedure

A statistical method used to test differences between two or more means by analyzing variance.

Population

A term referring to the complete set of individuals, events, or objects of interest in a particular study.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed difference is due to sampling error.

Population Means

The average values derived from the entire set of individuals or items in a defined group.