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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783059503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

0-309-13333-5

1-280-17653-9

9786610176533

0-309-53083-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlankRebecca M

DabadyMarilyn

CitroConstance F <1942-> (Constance Forbes)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Race discrimination - Research - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.