During 2010,400 people were hired for a particular job.Of the total,300 were white and 100 were black.There were 1,500 applicants for these jobs,of whom 1,000 were white and 500 were black.Compute for adverse impact.Does adverse impact exist?

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C)The success rate for the least-achieving group (often women and minority applicants)is determined by dividing the number of members of a specific group employed in a period by the number of qualified applicants in a period.The success rate of best-achieving group applicants is determined by dividing the number of people in the best-achieving group employed by the number of the best-achieving group applicants in a period.Using this formula,blacks were determined to be the least-achieving group because 100/500 = .2.Whites were determined to be the best-achieving group because 300/100 = .3.Using the adverse formula,you have: .2/.3 = 66.67%.Therefore,adverse impact exists.

During 2010,400 People Were Hired for a Particular Job