A researcher was interested in studying the phenomenon known as social distance, the reluctance of people to associate with members of different ethnic and racial groups. She designed and experiment in which students enrolled in a lecture course were asked to choose a discussion group (all meeting at the same time in the same building) based only on the ethnic-racial stereotype associated with the names of the teaching assistant:

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Teaching Group Assistant Room Enrollment 10 24 10 16 106 A Cheng B Schultz C Goldberg 110 D Rodriguez 112 108