Is there Racial Profiling? Racial profiling is the controversial practice of targeting someone for criminal behavior on the basis of the person’s race, national origin, or ethnicity. The accompanying table summarizes results for randomly selected drivers stopped by police in a recent year (based on data from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics). Using the data in this table results in the Minitab display.

Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that being stopped is independent of race and ethnicity. Based on the available evidence, can we conclude that racial profiling is being used?

Race and Ethnicity Black and White and Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic Stopped 24 147 by police Not stopped 176 1253 by police