Measuring racial discrimination [electronic resource] / Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies ; Rebecca M. Blank, Marilyn Dabady, and Constance F. Citro, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.Description: xv, 317 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
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  • HT1523 .M43 2004eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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