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Supposed you own a contracting company and employ 16 people (8 males and 8 females).  Your employees are paid on an hourly basis and the wages (in dollars per hour) are given in the table below.  You are accursed of discriminatory pay practices becuase the average wage for the males ($32.50 per hour) is greater than the average wage for th females ($28.50 per hour)

Gender                     less than 5 years experience                   more than 5 years experience           average mean 

Male                          24, 26                                                      33, 33, 35, 35, 37, 37                         $32.50

Female                      22, 24, 27, 27, 28, 28                              35, 37                                                 $28.50

 

Calculate the average hourly rate for males and females.

 

Thank you so much for any help/clarification you can provide - i am about to tear my hair out!

 Aug 31, 2015

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Combined average wage = $(32.5*8 + 28.5*8)/16 = $30.5

 

There are far more females with less than 5 years experience than there are males, so it's not surprising that their average wage is lower.

 Aug 31, 2015
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Combined average wage = $(32.5*8 + 28.5*8)/16 = $30.5

 

There are far more females with less than 5 years experience than there are males, so it's not surprising that their average wage is lower.

Alan Aug 31, 2015

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