Dissimilarity index _ Answers
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Dissimilarity Index Practice
Use the table below to calculate the dissimilarity index for a city. Round your figures for each tract to three decimal places before calculating the index, and report the value of the index to two decimal places (after multiplying by 100). Tract
White
Black
1
180
10
2
200
15
3
95
45
4
110
60
5
15
120
Sum
600
250
Answer
: 53.35
. (1 point) Which percentage of African-Americans would NOT have to move in order to establish a uniform distribution throughout the city (to two decimal places and do not include a percentage sign)? 46.65 (1 point) Tract
White
Black
1
100
10
2
100
10
3
100
10
4
100
10
5
100
10
Sum
500
50
Answer
: 0
Tract
White
Black
1
100
0
2
100
0
3
0
50
4
0
50
5
0
50
Sum
200
150
Answer
: 100 As of 2010, which US city had the highest White-Black dissimilarity index? Detroit (1 point)
In what years were the following activities made illegal by legislation or Supreme Court decisions? (1 point) Explicit racial zoning - 1917
The use of racially restrictive housing covenants – 1948
Discrimination in regard to renting and selling property – 1968
Q8 - Use the table below to calculate the dissimilarity index for a city. Round your figures for each tract to three decimal places before calculating the index, and report the value of the index to one decimal place
(after multiplying by 100). Tract
White
Black
1
10
250
2
5
200
3
15
120
4
30
120
5
233
10
Sum
293
700
Answer
: 78.1 (1 point)
According to the list of White- Black Dissimilarity Index values presented in the slides, which city had the
same value as the value you calculated above (to a whole number) in 2010? *Newark* *newark* (1 point)
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