Field notes taken by testers in Pager and associates' field experiment (or audit study) on employment discrimination enabled the researchers to
A) verify the results of the field experiment.
B) identify consistent patterns of racial discrimination.
C) identify racist employers.
D) identify individual differences among same-race testers.

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Field notes allowed the researchers to identify consistent patterns of racial discrimination by noting any differences in treatment or responses between the different testers of different races. However, these notes alone cannot verify the results of the field experiment, identify racist employers, or measure individual differences among same-race testers.

Field Notes Taken by Testers in Pager and Associates' Field