I was not ignoring it, it is just statistically unlikely. On the basis of what you would normally think of as "qualifications" going into the test, like length of time served, the outcome of the test was disproportionate as I understand it.
In other words, take a group of 20 guys who have all served 10 years. Lets say that half of them are white and half are non-white. 10 of the 20 pass the test, but 8 of the 10 who pass are white versus 2 of the 10 who are non-white. Statistically, that is a very unlikely scenario if the test has nothing to do with race. Not impossible. Just very unlikely. Judah On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Jerry Barnes<[email protected]> wrote: > > Everyone seems to be ignoring a possibility: > Maybe the test was not biased, since it was reviewed by a qualified company > who deemed it okay, and the best qualified applicants scored the highest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299349 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
