The suggestion that the results in the US reflect the proportion of black people in each state is inaccurate and contains a seriously racist slur.
For instance, here's the Financial Times' Kate Allen, downplaying the youth-unemployment crisis: Unemployment figures only reflect the proportion of the population who are economically active – ie. looking for a job, but unable to find one.
There are only 2,500 black and Asian police officers out of a total of 125,000; to reflect the proportion of blacks and Asians in the population as a whole, there would have to be twice as many.
Then she divides it again to reflect the proportion of families with value systems based on Christianity, which has been crucial to the evolution of the pagan figure of midwinter into Saint Nicholas, then into the fat, jolly chap in his Coca-Cola suit. "About a third of children believe and are good," says Dr George with a dollop of parental generosity.
But AV alone does not necessarily guarantee that the strength of political parties in the House of Commons will reflect the proportion of votes they get in the country at large, which is the main objective of the Liberal Democrats who invariably get a far higher proportion of votes than seats.
The percentage values reflect the proportion of the cells in the AVF that fall into each category.
Although these proportions reflect the proportion by weight in grams, the simple numbers are a result of reexpressing gravimetric proportions in terms of chemical equivalents.
Production costs for the crop area were based on the average (per hectare) production costs for each of the four crops used in the study which were then weighted to reflect the proportion of each crop in the study area.
The Goodness-of-Fit Index (GFI) and the Adjusted Goodness-of-Fit Index (AGFI) are adjustment indicators that reflect the proportion of variance-covariance in the data explained by the model.
Therefore, k β can reflect the proportion of this level in all levels, and the larger value indicates that this level within one factor can cause greater influence on result.
Although diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is increasing, current research shows that the actual percentages of minority group representation in science still does not reflect the proportion of diversity of the U.S. population.
