Fact Pattern 28-1Craig Applies for a Job at Dispatch Transportation

question 63

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 28-1Craig applies for a job at Dispatch Transportation & Warehousing, Inc., for which he is well qualified. He passes a test to determine which applicants are eligible for hiring, but the employer discards the results, and Craig is rejected. Dispatch continues to seek applicants.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 28-1.To successfully defend itself against Craig's suit,Dispatch must show that 

• A) ​the practice in question was justified. 
• B) ​the employer feared it would be sued if it used the test results. 
• C) ​any discriminatory effect was unintended. 
• D) ​statistically the practice in question is discriminatory in effect.

Apply statistical methods to practical problems in quality control and research.

Understand the construction and interpretation of confidence intervals.

Identify and apply proper hypothesis test procedures based on given scenarios.

Recognize the implications of Type I and Type II errors in hypothesis testing.

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