Plausible assumptions, questionable assumptions and post hoc rationalizations: Will the real IAT, please stand up?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-409

  Blanton, Hart ^a   Jaccard, James ^b   Christie, Charlene ^c   Gonzales, Patricia M ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS   (United States)

^d New York State Energy Research and Development Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Implicit association test; Prejudice; Psychometrics; Theory testing; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849103399     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.10.019     Document Type: Note

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