Question

A leading critic of a local county hospital claims that the distribution of doctor’s ethnicity is not the same as the ethnic distribution of the general population in city. It is known from the recent census that the general population of the city is 20% African-American, 29% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 35% Caucasian. In this hospital, there are 8 African -American, 10 Hispanic, 6 Asian, 26 Caucasian doctors. Can we conclude that the hiring practices at the hospital do not reflect the general population distribution? Support your conclusions with appropriate statistical evidence. (using chi-square goodness of fit). Significance=.05

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