What are the overall admission rates of men and women

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Question: The 1973 admission rates of men and women applying to graduate school in different departments of the University of California at Berkeley are as follows:

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(a) What are the overall admission rates of men and women applying to graduate programs at Berkeley?

(b) UC Berkeley was actually sued for bias against women applying to graduate school on the basis of the overall admission rates. Do you agree that the above overall admission rates suggest gender bias in Berkeley's graduate admissions?

(c) Are the overall averages appropriate indicators for gender bias in this case? Why or why not?

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