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Hired Ratio Gender Men Women Applicants 808 50 20 Impact Ratio Discrimination? Affected group Applicants Ratio Race Caucasian Hispanic American Asian American African American Hired 24 40 80 20 56 24 Impact Ratio Discrimination? Affected group Ratio Applicants 48 20 Hired 36 16 Religion Christian Muslim Hindu Jewish Atheist 4 20 25 | 10 Impact Ratio Discrimination? Affected group Applicants Ratio S 1 1 Nationality Mexican Canadian Indian Chinese American German Hired 6 0 16 12 16 2 2 20 40 4 Impact Ratio Discrimination?

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            Calculate the hiring ratio and subsequent impact ratio in the examples below. Indicate whether there has been discrimination (in the form of adverse impact) and, if so, against which group the discrimination has occurred (put “none” if there was no discrimination).

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Gender	Applicants	Hired	Ratio
A	B	C	D = C /B
Men	80	8	10.00%
Women	50	20	40.00%
Impact Ratio
Group with highest selection rate- Women (40%)
Therefore Adverse Impact on Men Group
Impact Ratio = 10/40			25.00%
Discrimination			YES
Affected Group			MEN
Race	Applicants	Hired	Ratio
A	B	C	D = C /B
Caucasian	64	24	37.50%
Hispanic American	80	40	50.00%
Asian American	20	8	40.00%
African American	56	24	42.86%
Impact Ratio
Group with highest selection rate- Hispanic American (50%)
Impact Ratio =
Race	Percent Hired	Divide	Impact Ratio
Caucasian	37.50%	37.50/50	75.00%
Asian American	40.00%	40/50	80.00%
African American	42.86%	42.86/50	85.71%
Discrimination			YES
Affected Group			CAUCASIAN
Religion	Applicants	Hired	Ratio
A	B	C	D = C /B
Christian	48	36	75.00%
Muslim	20	16	80.00%
Hindu	6	4	66.67%
Jewish	25	20	80.00%
Atheist	10	4	40.00%
Impact Ratio
Group with highest selection rate- Muslim & Jewish both at (80%)
Impact Ratio =
Religion	Percent Hired	Divide	Impact Ratio
Christian	75.00%	75/80	93.75%
Hindu	66.67%	66.67/80	83.33%
Atheist	40.00%	40/80	50.00%
Discrimination			YES
Affected Group			ATHEIST
Nationality	Applicants	Hired	Ratio
A	B	C	D = C /B
Mexican	8	6	75.00%
Canadian	12	10	83.33%
Indian	6	6	100.00%
Chinese	2	2	100.00%
American	40	20	50.00%
German	4	4	100.00%
Discrimination			YES
Affected Group			AMERICAN