Question

6. It is known that in general, 15% percent of the qualified workforce is made up of racial minorities. An attorney is considering a class action lawsuit against a company for racial discrimination in its hiring practices because she suspects that the percent of racial minorities in the company’s workforce is less than 15%. She randomly selects 200 workers hired by the company and finds that 12 are members of racial minorities. Describe the parameter that we are testing. Test if there is evidence to conclude that the proportion of racial minorities in all of company’s workforce is less than 15%. Show all steps of the test.

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