Audit & Correspondence TestsThe design that isolates discrimination from every other explanation.SociologyThe strongest field evidence sociology has on hiring discrimination.1Build matched profilesIdentical CVs differing only in the signal being tested.2Randomise the signalAssign the name or marker at random so nothing else tracks it.3Send at scaleThousands of applications; callback rates are low and noisy.4Measure callbacksCompare the rate at which each profile is invited to interview.5Report the gapThe difference is unexplained by anything the employer could see.Educational reference. Tests measure callbacks, not hiring or pay, andcannot show the employer's reasoning.Audit & Correspondence Testslearnposters.com
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Audit & Correspondence Tests, step by step

The strongest field evidence sociology has on hiring discrimination.

  1. Build matched profilesIdentical CVs differing only in the signal being tested.
  2. Randomise the signalAssign the name or marker at random so nothing else tracks it.
  3. Send at scaleThousands of applications; callback rates are low and noisy.
  4. Measure callbacksCompare the rate at which each profile is invited to interview.
  5. Report the gapThe difference is unexplained by anything the employer could see.

Educational reference. Tests measure callbacks, not hiring or pay, and cannot show the employer's reasoning.

Questions about the Audit & Correspondence Tests poster

What’s on the Audit & Correspondence Tests poster?
5 numbered steps. The strongest field evidence sociology has on hiring discrimination. Build matched profiles — Identical CVs differing only in the signal being tested.; Randomise the signal — Assign the name or marker at random so nothing else tracks it.; Send at scale — Thousands of applications; callback rates are low and noisy.; Measure callbacks — Compare the rate at which each profile is invited to interview.; Report the gap — The difference is unexplained by anything the employer could see.. Educational reference. Tests measure callbacks, not hiring or pay, and cannot show the employer's reasoning.
Who is the Audit & Correspondence Tests poster for?
Audit & Correspondence Tests belongs to the Sociology section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning stratification & inequality can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Audit & Correspondence Tests poster?
When a raw gap could plausibly be caused by qualifications rather than by treatment. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Audit & Correspondence Tests belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Audit & Correspondence Tests?
Mechanisms of Racial Inequality, Class Schemes and Cultural Capital at Work sit alongside Audit & Correspondence Tests in the Sociology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Mechanisms of Racial InequalityClass SchemesCultural Capital at Work
Is the Audit & Correspondence Tests poster free to download and print?
Yes. Audit & Correspondence Tests downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Sociology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Audit & Correspondence Tests poster print at?
Audit & Correspondence Tests is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Audit & Correspondence Tests loses nothing.Printing guide

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