Situation Testing

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Situation Testing
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What is Situation Testing?

• Situation Testing is a so called experimental
  research method, which investigates peoples
  acting in a real setting
• A method which investigates the occurrence of
  discrimination.

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Purpose of the study

• Determine if and to which extent ethnic
  discrimination is present when recruiting.
• Produce knowledge about how discrimination is
  present in connetion with recruiting.

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Design of the study

• The study will be implemented in three regions,
  with two ethnic categories Swedish and
  foreign background.
• The study will be implemented with both women and
  men.
• Different employers in various sectors, both
  private and public, will be included in the study.

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How will the study be conducted?

• Two testpersons will be followed in a real
  recruiting process.
• The applicants shall be of the same age, gender
  and with similar personalities.
• Only one aspect differs between the testpersons
  their ethnic background.
• The application procedure will be done through
  written applications and/or telephone contacts.
• Only publicly advertised positions will be
  applied for.
• The testpersons shall preferably advance to an
  employment interview.

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Methodological advantages and limitations

• The method gives us an understandig of the
  concrete action, i.e., how people act in reality.
• The method is developed to measure and give a
  statistically valid knowledge about the extent of
  discrimination.
• In addition to measuring the presence of
  discrimination, it also reveals when in the
  recruiting process the discrimination has
  occured.
• The method only measures the occurance of
  discrimination not why.

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