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ERIC Number: EJ371257
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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When a Model Needs a Model: Convincing Skeptics of Counterintuitive Results--An Example from Affirmative Action Modeling.
Feinberg, William E.
Social Science Computer Review, v6 n1 p66-74 Spr 1988
This article describes a monte carlo computer simulation of affirmative action employment policies. The counterintuitive results of the model are explained through a thought device involving urns and marbles. States that such model simulations have implications for social policy. (BSR)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Models, Monte Carlo Methods, Public Policy, Racial Composition, Social Change
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Computer Programs
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Language: English
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