Question

Ethnic Group	Laid Off	Not Laid Off	Total
Black Americans	130	1382	1512
White Americans	87	2813	2900
Total	217	4195	4412

Using the contingency table above, calculate the odds ratio for odds of being laid off by ethnic group. Leave your answer as a proportion and round to 2 decimal places.

Ethnic Group	Laid Off	Not Laid Off	Total
Black Americans	130	1382	1512
White Americans	87	2813	2900
Total	217	4195	4412

Using the contingency table above, calculate the risk of being laid off for black Americans. Leave your answer as a proportion and round to 2 decimal places.

Answer 1

Sol:

The relative risk is calculated using the formula mentioned. The relative risk is found to be 0.66

Laid off Not laid off Total 130 Black American white American 1382 2813 4195 1512 2900 4 412 87 217 Total Risk of being laid off for black Americans 130 1512 daid 87 Risk of of being دیم 2900 off for white American Risk of being laid off fy black Americans - :. Relative Risk of being laid off for black American compared to Risk of being laid off for white American white American 130 1512 87 2900 0.66 is 0666 Hence, ans her