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The Stigma and Unintended Consequences of Affirmative Action in the Workplace

2005
When the general public discusses Affirmative Action, they are more likely to make an assumption that the person is not qualified without seeking their actual qualifications. Some may hesitate to provide any reasonable explanation for their opposition because the policy is a controversial topic.
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A Case of affirming the consequent in international law: un security council resolution 232 (1966)—southern rhodesia

History and Philosophy of Logic, 1994
In this note I examine a case of teleological reasoning in international law and find it to be the fallacy of affirming the consequent.I then show that and how the basis of this fallacy is a manipulation (or juxtaposition) of “necessary” and “sufficient” conditions.I conclude by giving reasons for thinking that this kind of reasoning is a regular ...
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Affirming the Consequent: or, how my science teachers taught me to stop worrying and to love committing the fallacy

Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2002
(2002). Affirming the Consequent: or, how my science teachers taught me to stop worrying and to love committing the fallacy. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 345-352.
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From Unconscious Deficit Views to Affirmation of Linguistic Varieties in the Classroom: White Preservice Teachers on Building Critical Self-Awareness About Linguicism's Causes and Consequences

Multicultural Perspectives, 2015
In this article the author investigates how 20 White preservice teachers, who successfully completed a semester-long diversity course for teacher licensure, developed a critical self-awareness regarding the causes and consequences of linguicism in school settings.
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The Consequences of Malalignment: Few If Any-Affirms

Seminars in Arthroplasty, 2010
Erik P. Severson, Mark W. Pagnano
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If the street is wet, is it raining? The fallacy of affirming the consequent and the misuse of valid statistical evidence

Journal of Information Technology
In this Debates and Perspectives article, I take the perspective in which there is past research that has misused valid statistical evidence by incorporating it into the reasoning known in formal logic as the “fallacy of affirming the consequent.” I explain what the fallacy is, provide details on how three published studies commit it, distinguish ...
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Alleviating the unintended consequences of affirmative action

2001
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"I've just been existing, not living" – Consequences of barriers to gender-affirming care for the well-being and everyday life of trans people

Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan transihmisten hyvinvointia hyödyntämällä toimintamahdollisuuksien viitekehystä ja kysytään, millaisia seurauksia sukupuolenkorjaushoitojen esteet aiheuttavat transihmisten hyvinvoinnille ja miten nämä seuraukset ilmenevät heidän arjessaan.
Salovaara, Samuel, Loponen, Ida, Peltomaa, Hanna   +2 more
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The Academic Consequences of Affirmative Action Bans Combined with Diversity Targets

SSRN Electronic Journal
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The Consequences of Eliminating Affirmative Action Admission Policies in Minorities' College Access

The Journal of the World Universities Forum, 2015
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