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Measuring racial discrimination /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination
Other Authors: Blank, Rebecca M., Dabady, Marilyn, Citro, Constance F. (Constance Forbes), 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Race discrimination > Research > Statistical methods.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Defining race
  • Defining discrimination
  • Theories of discrimination
  • Causal inference and the assessment of racial discrimination
  • Experimental methods for assessing discrimination
  • Statistical analysis of observational data
  • Attitudinal and behavioral indicators of discrimination
  • An illustration of methodological complexity : racial profiling
  • Measurement of race by the U.S. government
  • Cumulative disadvantage and racial discrimination
  • Research : next steps.