Which of the Following Rules States That an Employment Test

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following rules states that an employment test has disparate impact if the hiring rate for a minority group is less than a certain percent of the hiring rate for the majority group?

• A)Standard deviation rule
• B)Mixed-motive rule
• C)Prima facie rule
• D)Four-fifths rule
• E)Business necessity rule

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Normally Distributed

Describes a distribution of data that forms a bell-shaped curve, symmetrical about its mean, implying that mean, median, and mode are equal.

Weight Loss

The reduction of total body mass due to efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming.

Standard Normal

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, commonly used in probability theory and statistics.