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The Civil Rights Act of 1991 requires that each stage of the selection process be examined separately when investigating disparate treatment.

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__________ provides statistics on the composition of the employer's workforce and how that workforce compares to its relevant labor market.

A) Stock analysis
B) Countervailing statistics
C) Bottom-line statistics
D) Applicant flow analysis

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There is more than one way to calculate standard deviations for disparate impact analysis purposes.

Where an actionable statistical imbalance begins would not be settled until seven years after the Griggs decision, and the most popular method for these determinations would be developed by:

Explain disparate impact as related to age discrimination.What is the difference in the employer's defense for disparate impact under the ADEA versus Title VII?

Disparate impact is an expression of __________ view of equal employment opportunity.

If only one stage in a multiple-stage selection process causes adverse impact, a complaint can be made.

Which of the following is used to establish a prima facie case under disparate impact?

In the Griggs case, the test scores caused African Americans to be rejected at a rate that was almost ten times greater than the rejection rate of Whites.

Stock analysis is not a measure of representativeness.

The general convention is that correlational studies require at least thirty subjects to establish significance.

In _____, the Supreme Court ruled that individuals can establish an actionable case of age discrimination by showing that certain facially neutral practices have the effect of excluding older employees/applicants.

The standard deviation method says that standard deviations are a measure of the probability that a result is a ______ deviation from an expected representation.

Which of the following is not one of the selection criteria known to have disparate impact on certain protected groups?

No single statute or court decision has affected HR selection as much as disparate impact.

Generally federal courts have held that a _____ level of significance is indicative that an investigated disparity occurred strictly by chance in disparate impact cases.

Job-related is the same as business necessity.

In the course of a disparate impact investigation, if the employer discerns problems or deficiencies in the data offered by the plaintiff, the employer may submit:

Where could an employer find relevant labor market information?

Employers avoid which actionable Title VII violation by proving the action was based on a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason and not on a pretext?