Economy Printing is a small printing company located in Dane Co., Wisconsin. The company has four key press positions. Use the following tables illustrating the distribution of printing occupations in to answer questions 1-6 below. Show your work calculations to support your answers to each question. Use your textbook to help guide.

Dane County
Occupation	Total	Females	Minorities
Press Machine Operators	160	54	31
Prepress Technicians	225	50	18
Job Printers	290	65	40
Printing Machine Operators	683	75	10

Economy Printing
Occupation	Total	Females	Minorities
Press Machine Operators	12	1	1
Prepress Technicians	16	5	1
Job Printers	21	3	7
Printing Machine Operators	50	4	1

1. Calculate the labor market availability rates for minorities in each of the positions: (4 pts)
2. Calculate the workforce utilization rates for minorities at Economy Printing: (4 pts)
3. Compare the calculated tables from questions 1 and 2 to determine if there is any evidence of discrimination against minorities at Economy Printing?(6pts)

   Discrimination is established by comparing Economy Printings internal workforce statistics to the available labor market statistics. The employers workforce utilization must be at least 80% of the labor market availability: indicate occupations in which minorities are currently underutilized.

4. Assuming the total number of press machine operators stays the same, how many female press machine operators would Economy Printing need to have to be within 80% of the workforce availability rate? (4 pts)
5. Economy Printing advertised for pre-press technicians and received applications from 42 qualified applicants. 10 of these were female candidates. Economy Printing hired 3 press machine operators, 1 female and 2 males. Is there evidence of discrimination in Economy Printings selection procedures?(2pts)

   Evidence of discrimination in selection procedures can be found by examining the selection ratio of females and comparing it to that of males:

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