In a 2003 study by Bertrand and Mullainathan to measure racial discrimination in

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In a 2003 study by Bertrand and Mullainathan to measure racial discrimination in the labor market, experimenters sent fictitious resumes to help-wanted ads in Boston and Chicago newspapers. To manipulate perception of race each resume was assigned either a very African American–sounding name or a very White sounding name. They then measured the response to the resumes. Which of the following is a correct statement about this study?

Bertrand, M., and Mullainathan, S. “Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?” Working Paper 9873, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2003. http://www.nber.org/papers/w9873.pdf

It was not a blind study because the experimenters knew where they were sending the resumes.

It was a blind study because those who received the resumes did not know the treatment they received.

It was problematic because the subjects didn’t even know they were in an experiment.

It was not a blind study because there was no placebo.

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Which of the following is a correct statement about this study?

It was a blind study because those who received the resumes did not know the treatment they received.

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