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Data on firefighter promotion exams as part of the Ricci v. DeStafano court case

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A data frame with 118 observations on the following 6 variables.

Race

Race of firefighter (B=black, H=Hispanic, or W=white)

Position

Promotion desired (Captain or Lieutenant)

Oral

Oral exam score

Written

Written exam score

Combine

Combined score (written exam gets 60% weight)

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Data (RicciData.csv ) and documentation (Ricci.txt) downloaded from http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/jse_data_archive.htm

An article on using these data: Miao, W. (2011) "Did the Results of Promotion Exams Have a Disparate Impact on Minorities? Using Statistical Evidence in Ricci v. DeStefano," JSE 19:1 at www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v19n1/wilson.pdf

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