Employment discrimination? Census data for New York City indicate that 29.2% of the under-18 population is white, 28.2% black, 31.5% Latino, 9.1% Asian, and 2%

are of other ethnicities. The New York Civil Liberties Union points out that of 26,181 police officers, 64.8% are white, 14.5% black, 19.1% Hispanic, and 1.4% Asian. Do the police officers reflect the ethnic composition of the city’s youth?

a) Select the appropriate procedure.

b) Check the assumptions.

c) State the hypotheses.

d) Test an appropriate hypothesis and state your results.

e) Interpret the meaning of the results and state a conclusion.