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Peer reviewedFeinberg, William E. – Social Science Computer Review, 1988
This article describes a monte carlo computer simulation of affirmative action employment policies. The counterintuitive results of the model are explained through a thought device involving urns and marbles. States that such model simulations have implications for social policy. (BSR)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
