Comparing the results of a survey and field experiment on employment discrimination, Pager and Quillian showed that
A) the two approaches yielded similar results.
B) surveys are a more effective means of assessing job discrimination.
C) neither approach provides a valid assessment of job discrimination.
D) what employers said they would do in the survey did not match what they did in the experiment.

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Pager and Quillian found that what employers said they would do in the survey did not match what they did in the experiment, indicating that surveys may not provide a valid assessment of job discrimination. Therefore, the results of the two approaches were not similar and surveys were not a more effective means of assessing job discrimination. It is not stated that neither approach provides a valid assessment, only that surveys may be less accurate.

Comparing the Results of a Survey and Field Experiment on Employment