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

question 34

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. $\begin{array}{|l|ccc|c}&&\text { Admission Decision}\\\hline \text {EHTNICITY }& \text { Accepted } & \text { Wait-listed } & \text { Tumed away } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Black/Hispanic } & 489 & 0 & 34 & 523 \\\text { Asian } & 92 & 46 & 133 & 271 \\\text { White } & 316 & 260 & 363 & 939 \\\hline \text { Total } & 897 & 306 & 530 & 1733 \\\hline\end{array}$ What percent of all applicants were turned away?

• A)51.8%
• B)17.7%
• C)30.2%
• D)30.6%
• E)44.1%

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