The Hopwood Decision resulted from a 1996 U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals case that greatly limited Texas universities’ affirmative-action programs for admission of minority students. As a consequence, minority enrollment dropped significantly. One solution proposed was to accept all students in the top 10% of their graduating class. The success of such a plan in achieving diversity would hinge on the enrollment rates for the different racial groups. The following are the average numbers of freshmen in the top 10% of their classes admitted and enrolled, by race, at UT-Austin for the years 1990–1996. Are the enrollment rates dependent on the racial groups? Do the appropriate analysis using the α = 0.05 level of significance.

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Admitted Enrolled White 2592 1481 African-American 159 78 Hispanic Asian 800 375 667 399