Mohammed Has Applied for a Custodial Job and Has Been

question 74

Essay

Mohammed has applied for a custodial job and has been rejected.He believes that his rejection is because of his Arab heritage.He is able to show two years of custodial experience and has successfully performed each of the jobs listed on the position's job description.He subsequently discovers that the job continued to be advertised after his rejection.When he files a complaint alleging disparate treatment discrimination with the EEOC,the employer asserts that Mohammed did not meet the qualifications,which included a minimum of 10 years' experience and a high school degree.How should the court decide this case?

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Definitions:

Interval Scale

The scale of measurement for a variable if the data demonstrate the properties of ordinal data and the interval between values is expressed in terms of a fixed unit of measure. Interval data are always numeric.

Ratio Scale

The scale of measurement for a variable if the data demonstrate all the properties of interval data and the ratio of two values is meaningful. Ratio data are always numeric.

Nominal Scale

The scale of measurement for a variable when the data are labels or names used to identify an attribute of an element. Nominal data may be nonnumeric or numeric.

Ordinal Scale

A ranking scale used to measure variable where the order of values is significant, but the difference between values is not uniform.