Wait a second.....aren't you dealing with "absolute" numbers when you give us the percentage of minorities in the work force?
If a work force made up of the mice in your example is made up of 105 mice, 100 red and 5 blue.....the percentage of blue mice in the workforce is VERY low. Yet, 50% of all blue mice are employed, while only 10% of red mice are employed. So which sample needs an affirmative action program???? > How could you even attempt to interpret this by Absolute numbers when > you're dealing with different population figures? > And I'm assuming you mean poor whites in America, since as we all know > Whites are a minority when taken as a race worldwide. > > It's like saying if you have 100 Red mice that have a problem out of 1000, > and 5 blue mice that have a problem out of 10, that the > problem is more prevalent in Red Mice than Blue Mice because you have 100 > Red mice with the problem as opposed to 5 blue mice. > Which is the wrong way to interpret it if you are trying to determine > which mouse population is more affected by the problem. > Clearly the Blue mouse population where 50% of the population has the > problem is more affected than the Red mouse population where > only 10% of the population is affected. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145096 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
