Race of the interviewer and the black-white test score gap

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Huang, Min Hsiung ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STUDIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Black white test score gap; GSS; Interviewer effects; Interviewer race; Race of examiner; Vocabulary test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149462232     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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