Answer to Question #238931 in Sociology for Lindiwe

Question

The sociology department at the North West University is concerned with understanding minority students’ experiences of racial discrimination within institutions of higher learning. You have been approached by the department to assist with this research study, and as such, they have asked you to carry out this research.

c) Select (1) and critically discuss (10) the appropriate research design for the study. In your discussion give supporting evidence for the appropriateness of the chosen research design, in other words, discuss why the chosen design is suitable/relevant for the study.

Answer 1

Experimental Approaches to Measuring Racial Discrimination

Experimental approaches to measuring discrimination dominate in precisely those regions in which factual investigations struggle. Experiments permit scientists to gauge causal impacts all the straighter by introducing painstakingly developed and controlled correlations. In a research center experiment by Dovidio and Gaertner (2000), for instance, subjects (undergrad brain science understudies) participated in a reproduced recruiting experiment in which they were approached to assess the application materials for highly contrasting position candidates of changing capability levels. At the point when candidates were either exceptionally qualified or inadequately qualified for the situation, there was no proof of discrimination. At the point when candidates had acceptable yet uncertain capabilities, on the other hand, members were almost 70% bound to suggest the white candidate than the dark candidate

References

Dovidio, J. F., & Gaertner, S. L. (2000). Aversive racism and selection decisions: 1989 and 1999. Psychological science, 11(4), 315-319.