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Server Kitchen worker Male Female Male Female Not hired 80 120 Not hired 30 15 H

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Question

Server

Kitchen worker

Male

Female

Male

Female

Not hired

80

120

Not hired

30

15

Hired

20

50

Hired

80

25


The proportion of female hires who are servers is

0.800.

Applicants looking for a job at a restaurant chain may apply to be a server or kitchen worker. The table below summarizes the numbers of male and female applicants hired for the jobs for which they applied.

Server

Kitchen worker

Male

Female

Male

Female

Not hired

80

120

Not hired

30

15

Hired

20

50

Hired

80

25


The proportion of female hires who are servers is

0.200. 0.333. 0.667.

0.800.

Which set of four numbers has the smallest standard deviation? 7, 8, 9, 10 5, 5, 5, 6 0, 0, 10, 10 0, 1, 2, 3

Explanation / Answer

Proportion of female hires who are servers = Number of female hires who are servers/Number female hires

= 50/(50+25)

= 0.667

5,5,5,6 has smallest standard deviation (because the mean is 5.25 and all numbers are close to the mean)

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