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Title 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.

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Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xv, 317 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Race discrimination -- Research -- Statistical methods.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Blank, Rebecca M.
	Dabady, Marilyn.
	Citro, Constance F. (Constance Forbes), 1942-
	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0309091268 (hardcover)
	0309530830 (electronic bk.)