A Recent Study Investigating Discrimination in Hiring Found That 20

question 79

Multiple Choice

A recent study investigating discrimination in hiring found that 20 percent of the employers in the sample discriminated against African Americans and 7 percent discriminated against whites.If the sample of firms is representative of the population as a whole,it can be predicted that:

• A)African Americans will earn more on average than whites even when they are equally qualified.
• B)African Americans will earn more than whites in 20 percent of the firms and whites will earn more than African Americans in 7 percent of the firms.
• C)equally qualified African Americans and whites will earn the same on average,but the proportion of African Americans to whites will vary across firms.
• D)20 percent of the African Americans and 7 percent of the whites will earn more than the average wage.

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