Diversity training of employees is the latest trend in U.S. business. USA Today reported on the primary reasons businesses give for making diversity training part of their strategic planning process. The reasons are summarized in Table 3.2. Assume that one business is selected at random from all U.S. businesses that use diversity training, and the primary reason is determined.

Data from Table 3.2

a. Define the experiment that generated the data in Table 3.2 and list the sample points.

b. Assign probabilities to the sample points.

c. What is the probability that the primary reason for diversity training is business related, that is, related to competition or productivity?

d. What is the probability that social responsibility is not a primary reason for diversity training?

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Table 3.2 Primary Reasons for Diversity Training Reason Comply with personnel policies (CPP) Increase productivity (IP) Stay competitive (SC) Social responsibility (SR) Other (O) Total Percentage 7 47 38 4 4 100