A Recent Study Investigating Discrimination in Hiring Found That 20

Multiple Choice

A recent study investigating discrimination in hiring found that 20 percent of the employers in the sample discriminated against African Americans and 7 percent discriminated against whites.If the sample of firms is representative of the population as a whole,it can be predicted that:

A) African Americans will earn more on average than whites even when they are equally qualified.
B) African Americans will earn more than whites in 20 percent of the firms and whites will earn more than African Americans in 7 percent of the firms.
C) equally qualified African Americans and whites will earn the same on average,but the proportion of African Americans to whites will vary across firms.
D) 20 percent of the African Americans and 7 percent of the whites will earn more than the average wage.