[rootedbox]

The percent ratio based on class of participants should be in range of the percent ratio of possible people qualified by class.

And as I stated.. The failure of not being near this percent is either because how you chose your participants from applicants or how you chose to get people to be applicants.

[greenmarantz]

> how you chose to get people to be applicants

Applicants are self-selecting. Your argument attempts to shift responsibility (and agency) away from speakers and practitioners.

[rootedbox]

I'm not shifting anything.

How can one have agency if they don't know that there is an opportunity?

i.e.

If an opportunity is open to all; but is only presented to one class then you are in general only going to get applicants from the class that you presented the opportunity too.