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To find: that the in exercise 25 is it looks that the admissions decisions made independent of the applicant’s ethnicity.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Accepted | Wait-listed | Turned away | Total | |
Black/Hispanic | 485 | 0 | 32 | 517 |
Asian | 110 | 49 | 133 | 292 |
White | 336 | 251 | 359 | 946 |
Total | 931 | 300 | 524 | 1755 |
Calculation:
Overall percentage of students accepted
For Black/Hispanic students accepted
For percentage of Asian students accepted
For percentage of white students accepted
The percentages of the students turned away. So
Overall percentage of students turned away.
For percentage of Black/Hispanic students turned away
For percentage of Asian students turned away
For percentage of white students turned away
From the 1755 students 29.9% were turned away where turned away rate of Black/ Hispanic applicants is 6.2% which is too much lesser than the turned away rate of Asians 45.5% and the turned away rate of white students 37.9%.
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