Disparate impact analysis (the four-fifths rule, standard deviation analysis) is used in employment discrimination cases. The National
Question:
Disparate impact analysis (the four-fifths rule, standard deviation analysis) is used in employment discrimination cases. The National Assessment of Education Progress conducted by the U.S. Department of Education found that among 21- to 25-year-olds
(a) 60% of whites, 40%
of Hispanics, and 25% of blacks could locate information in a news article or almanac;
(b) 25% of whites, 7% of Hispanics, and 3% of blacks could decipher a bus schedule;
and
(c) 44% of whites, 20% of Hispanics, and 8% of blacks could correctly determine the change they were due from the purchase of a two-item restaurant meal. Do these tasks (locating information in a news article, deciphering a bus schedule, and determining correct change)
have adverse impact? What are the implications?
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Human Resource Management
ISBN: 9781259578120
10th Edition
Authors: Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright