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How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• the four-fifths rule is not an accurate test of adverse impact when the sample size is small
• “We think that in cases involving a narrow data base, the better approach is for the courts to require a showing that the disparity is statistically significant, or unlikely to have occurred by chance, applying basic statistical tests as the method of proof.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).