The Unobtrusive Measurement of Racial Bias Among Recruit Classification Specialists

Abstract

Unobtrusively-gathered historical data documenting decisions made in the Navy's recruit classification process were utilized to determine whether there were significant differences between black and white classification interviewers in their treatment of black and white recruits. The nature of the classification procedure resulted in the essentially random assignment of black and white recruits to black and white classifiers. This permits a number of interesting comparisons and obviates numerous problems inherent in racial bias studies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA000065

Entities

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  • David C. Atwater
  • Edward F. Alf Jr.
  • Norman M. Abrahams

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Experimental Design
  • Human Resources
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Naval Personnel
  • Naval Training
  • Prejudice
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Training

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