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PART III: DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH
Pages 203-204

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From page 203...
... It is also not straightforward to relate discriminatory attitudes to discriminatory behaviors that have adverse consequences for racial groups. Some of the problems that impair the ability to draw valid causal inferences include that experiments cannot vary the race of any one individual, observational data lack key variables that contribute to differential outcomes among race and ethnic groups, and direct reports of discriminatory behavior and experiences can be biased in one or more respects.
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From page 204...
... The chapter considers measurement issues that affect reporting of race and ethnicity and makes recommendations for continued governmental collection of race data and methodological research to understand reporting effects. Chapter 11 considers the concept of cumulative discrimination and how racial discrimination may have effects over time and across different domains.
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