Reply to Mitterer: Conceptual and empirical issues that arise when using correspondence audits to measure racial discrimination

Affiliations

¹ Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
² Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.
³ Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904.
⁴ Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.

Comment

Ray Block Jr et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 20;119(38):e2210695119.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2210695119. Epub 2022 Aug 16.

¹ Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
² Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.
³ Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904.
⁴ Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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