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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blank, Rebecca M.

Dabady, Marilyn.

Citro, Constance F. (Constance Forbes), 1942-

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race discrimination--Research--Statistical methods.

Race discrimination.

Research.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

xv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2004]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-296) and index.

ISBN:

0309091268

0309530830

OCLC:

54374753