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

question 44

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. $\begin{array}{|l|ccc|c}&&\text { Admission Decision}\\\hline \text {EHTNICITY }& \text { Accepted } & \text { Wait-listed } & \text { Tumed away } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Black/Hispanic } & 457 & 0 & 23 & 480 \\\text { Asian } & 109 & 56 & 137 & 302 \\\text { White } & 317 & 264 & 348 & 929 \\\hline \text { Total } & 883 & 320 & 508 & 1711\end{array}$ What percent of Asian applicants were wait-listed?

• A)17.5%
• B)3.3%
• C)18.5%
• D)36.1%
• E)45.4%

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