Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 PART 1: CONCEPTS; 5 2 Defining Race; 6 3 Defining Discrimination; 7 4 Theories of Discrimination; 8 PART II: METHODS; 9 5 Causal Inference and the Assessment of Racial Discrimination; 10 6 Experimental Methods for Assessing Discrimination; 11 7 Statistical Analysis of Observational Data; 12 8 Attitudinal and Behavioral Indicators of Discrimination; 13 9 An Illustration of Methodological Complexity: Racial Profiling; 14 PART III: DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH; 15 10 Measurement of Race by the U.S. Government; 16 11 Cumulative Disadvantages and Racial Discrimination; 17 12 Research: Next Steps; 18 References; 19 Selected Bibliography; 20 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 21 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches; 22 Index

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Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination, Rebecca M. Blank, Marilyn Dabady, and Constance F. Citro, Editors, National Research Council