In the Creary $(2019)$ article, a meta$-$analysis of the evidence linking the Diversity of the Board of Directors to the firms performance is unclear. Despite this lack of hard evidence, the calls for diversity to reflect the firms stakeholders are unambiguous. Most proponents for DEI promote the values of cultural and ethical decision$-$making by empowering racially diverse members to be included in the Boards governance responsibilities.In Canvas you are given various articles and data on the reality of corporate boards' DEI results. In this assignment, you are asked to analyze the data provided to understand the progress or lack thereof in DEI at the board level and to highlight the variance amongst ethnic lines. Ask and answer:$1)$ What are the dominant trends revealed in the data? $($you will have to calculate year$-$on$-$year percent change$)\mathrm{.}2)$ How have the banking sector DEI efforts been better compared to the Fortune $500$ companies?$3)$ Referring to Whitler $(2018)$ has womens progress stalled recently?$4)$ What about trends along racial lines?$5)$ Conclude the data analysis by evaluating the difference between the representation of diversity on the Boards versus the actual influence and benefits of diversity.