All of the Following Statements About Affirmative Action Are True

question 29

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about affirmative action are true except:

• A) affirmative action has led to increased representation of women in the workplace.
• B) affirmative action has increased the self-esteem of racial minorities.
• C) affirmative action programs are largely unsupported by the public.
• D) affirmative action programs specify that only qualified minorities be hired.

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Definitions:

Expected Cell Frequency

In the context of a contingency table, it is the number of observations expected in a cell based on the hypothesis being tested.

Chi-square Test of Independence

The Chi-square Test of Independence is a statistical test used to determine if there is a significant relationship between two categorical variables.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or to a system without violating any constraint.

Contingency Table

A tabular method to represent and analyze the relationship between two or more categorical variables, showing the distribution of one variable across levels of the other variable(s).