Question

Suppose researchers undertake an audit study to measure discrimination. Explain the steps.

Answer 1

An audit is a survey method of doing tests, they are also knows as Tests.They are used to study the racial, gender discrimination in car sales,in hiring jobs,preparing quotes for insurance,for house sales.Studies of Housing discrimination happened in United States, and their audit results helpful in enforcing civil right laws.
Steps-
Firstly,people for any two groups are selected,they are trained and paired them together so that they can equally qualify while studying the market.One member of the team is from legally protected minor group and other from the legally protected majority group.
After that, a newspaper as a sampling frame is selected and the sample is drawn,and the audit gets conducted for each observation present in the sample.
Next,the audit teammates who are paired for an observation visit the economic agent and engage themselves in some market activity like applying for job.
Then each teammate members independently note down how he or she was treated.
Discrimination would exist if minor auditors are treated badly than other teammates.