A. Publications
17. Race and mortality revisited. Society, _____ 2013 (in press)
16. Misunderstanding of statistics leads to misguided law enforcement policies. Amstat News, Dec. 2012: http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2012/12/01/misguided-law-enforcement/
(racial differences in adverse lending outcomes and school discipline rates)
15. Racial differences in school discipline rates. The Recorder, June 22, 2012:
http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202560408532&Viewpoint_Racial_Differences_in_School_Discipline_Rates
(racial differences in school discipline rates)
14. “Disparate impact”: Regulators need a lesson in statistics. American Banker, June 5, 2012: http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/disparate-impact-regulators-need-a-lesson-in-statistics-1049886-1.html
(racial differences in adverse lending outcomes)
13. The lending industry’s conundrum,” National Law Journal (Apr. 2, 2012): http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202547386988&The_lending_industrys_conundrum&slreturn=1
(racial differences in adverse lending outcomes)
12. Can we actually measure health disparities? Chance 2006:19(2):47-51:
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Can_We_Actually_Measure_Health_Disparities.pdf
11a. “Statistical Proof of Discrimination,” in Affirmative Action, An Encyclopedia (James A. Beckman ed.) Greenwood Press, 2004, 838-40:
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Statistical_Proof_of_Discrimination.pdf
11. Understanding racial differences in infant morality. PrenatalEd Update October 2000:
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Understanding_Racial_Differences_in_Infant_Mortality.pdf
10. Race and mortality. Society 2000;37(2):19-35 (reprinted in Current 2000 (Feb)): http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Race_and_Mortality.pdf
9. Both sides misuse data in credit discrimination debate. American Banker, July 22, 1998: http://jpscanlan.com/images/American_Banker_7-22-98.pdf
8. Mired in numbers. Legal Times Oct. 12, 1996: http://jpscanlan.com/images/Mired_in_Numbers.pdf
(racial impact of mandatory life sentences)
7. When statistics lie. Legal Times Jan. 1, 1996: http://jpscanlan.com/images/When_Statistics_Lie.pdf
(racial disparities in mortgage rejection rates)
6. Getting it straight when statistics can lie. Legal Times Jun 28, 1993:
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Getting_it_Straight_When_Statistics_Can_Lie.pdf
(age disparities in terminations for failure to meet a performance standard)
5. Divining difference. Chance 1994;7(4):38-9,48: http://jpscanlan.com/images/Divining_Difference.pdf
4. Comment on “McLanahan, Sorensen, and Watson's 'Sex Differences in Poverty, 1950‑1980.’'" Signs 1991;16(2):409-13: http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Signs_Comment.pdf
3. The perils of provocative statistics. The Public Interest 1991;102:3 14:
http://jpscanlan.com/images/The_Perils_of_Provocative_Stat.pdf
2. An issue of numbers. The National Law Journal Mar. 5, 1990:
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/An_Issue_of_Numbers.pdf
(racial impact of academic eligibility requires, employment discrimination issues)
1. The “feminization of poverty” is misunderstood. The Plain Dealer Nov 11, 1987 (reprinted in Current 1988;302(May):16-18 and Annual Editions: Social Problems 1988/89. Dushkin1988:
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Poverty_and_Women.pdf
(feminization of poverty, racial differences in infant mortality rates)