A College Examined the Impact of an Applicant's Ethnicity on the Likelihood

question 62

Multiple Choice

A college examined the impact of an applicant's ethnicity on the likelihood of admission to a particular program.The data are summarized in the table below. $\begin{array}{|l|ccc|c|}&&\text { Admission Decision}\\\hline \text {EHTNICITY }& \text { Accepted } & \text { Wait-listed } & \text { Tumed away } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Black/Hispanic } & 466 & 0 & 26 & 492 \\\text { Asian } & 119 & 50 & 132 & 301 \\\text { White } & 328 & 267 & 369 & 964 \\\hline \text { Total } & 913 & 317 & 527 & 1757\end{array}$ What percent of all applicants were Black or Hispanic?

• A)28%
• B)26.5%
• C)53.9%
• D)48%
• E)17.1%

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