The article Statistical Evidence of Discrimination

Chapter 8, Problem 8.40

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The article Statistical Evidence of Discrimination (J.Amer. Stat. Assoc., 1982: 773783) discusses the court caseSwain v. Alabama (1965), in which it was alleged that therewas discrimination against blacks in grand jury selection.Census data suggested that 25% of those eligible for grandjury service were black, yet a random sample of 1050 calledto appear for possible duty yielded only 177 blacks. Using alevel .01 test, does this data argue strongly for a conclusionof discrimination?

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