Published Articles
“Can We Actually Measure Health Disparities?,” Chance 19(2) (Spring 2006) :47-5.1
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Can_We_Actually_Measure_Health_Disparities.pdf
“Harvard Model,” in Affirmative Action, An Encyclopedia (James A. Beckman ed.) Greenwood Press, 2004, 472-73.
“Manifest Imbalance,” in Affirmative Action, An Encyclopedia (James A. Beckman ed.) Greenwood Press, 2004, 586-88.
“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
“John Paul Stevens,” in Affirmative Action, An Encyclopedia (James A. Beckman ed.) Greenwood Press, 2004, 848-53.
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Stevens,_John_Paul.pdf
“Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 490 U.S. 642 (1989)” in Affirmative Action, An Encyclopedia (James A. Beckman ed.) Greenwood Press, 2004, 930-32.
http://jpscanlan.com/images/WARDS_COVE_v._ATONIO.pdf
“Understanding Racial Differences in Infant Mortality,” Prenatal Ed Update (Oct. 2000)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Understanding_Racial_Differences_in_Infant_Mortality.pdf
“Race and Mortality,” Society 37(2) (Jan/Feb 2000), 29-35 (reprinted in Current (Feb. 2000)).
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Race_and_Mortality.pdf
"Both Sides Misuse Data in the Credit Discrimination Debate," American Banker (July 22, 1998).
"Responsive Banks Hurt By Improper Data Interpretation," Montgomery Journal (May 5, 1998)
"Perils of Using Statistics to Show Presence or Absence of Loan Bias," American Banker (Dec., 1997)
"Statistical Anomaly Penalizes Fair-Lending Effort," American Banker (Nov. 18, 1996)
"Mired in Numbers," Legal Times (Oct. 21, 1996)
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Mired_in_Numbers.pdf
"Women Employees' Case Against Publix, Built on Wrong Data, Doesn't Compute," Miami Daily Business Review (Aug. 2, 1996)
"When Statistics Lie," Legal Times (Jan. 1, 1996)
http://jpscanlan.com/images/When_Statistics_Lie.pdf
"Strictly Scrutinizing Affirmative Action," Legal Times (1994-1995 Supreme Court Review) (July 31, 1995)
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Strictly_Scrutinizing_Affirmative_Action.pdf"
“No Substitute for the Real Thing: Class-Based Affirmative Action Won't Achieve the Same Results," Legal Times (May 1, 1995)
http://jpscanlan.com/images/No_Substitute_for_the_Real_Thing.pdf
"Multimillion-Dollar Settlements May Cause Employers to Avoid Hiring Women and Minorities for Less Desirable Jobs to Improve the Statistical Picture," National Law Journal (Mar. 27, 1995)
http://jpscanlan.com/images/multimillion_cor_42405.pdf
"Divining Difference," Chance 7(4) (Fall 1994), 38-39, 48.
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Divining_Difference.pdf
"Measuring Hiring Discrimination," Labor Law Journal 44(7) (July 1993), 387-94.
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Measuring%20Hiring%20Discrimination.pdf
"Getting it Straight When Statistics Can Lie," Legal Times (June 28, 1993)
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Getting_it_Straight_When_Statistics_Can_Lie.pdf
"Unlucky Stores: Are They All Guilty of Discrimination?" San Francisco Daily Journal (Jan. 29, 1993)
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Unlucky_Stores.pdf
"Study Misses Mark [o]n Discrimination in D.C.," Washington Business Journal (May 18‑25, 1992)
"Bias Data Can Make the Good Look Bad," American Banker (Apr. 27, 1992)
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12108612.html
"The Curious Case of Affirmative Action for Women," Society 29(2) (Jan/Feb 1992) (reprinted in Current (June 1992))
http://jpscanlan.com/images/The_Curious_Case_of_Affirmative.pdf
"Low Entrance Standards Hardest on Minorities," NCAA News (Dec. 18, 1991)
"Slip-Up on Civil Rights Bill," Legal Times (Dec. 11, 1991)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Slip_up_in_the_civil_rights_bill_1_.pdf
"Setbacks Ahead for Set-Asides," Legal Times (May 21, 1991)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Setbacks_Ahead_for_Set.pdf
"Can Affirmative Action Survive the Struggle?" Legal Times (Jan. 21, 1991)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Can_Affirmative_Action_Survive_the_Struggle.pdf
"The Perils of Provocative Statistics," Public Interest 102 (Winter, 1991), 3-14 (reprinted in the Course Reader for "Quantitative Reasoning and Statistical Methods in Planning I" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
http://jpscanlan.com/images/The_Perils_of_Provocative_Stat.pdf
"Comment on McLanahan, Sorensen, and Watson's ' Sex Differences in Poverty, 1950‑1980,'" Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 16(2), 409-13
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Signs_Comment.pdf
"Double-Edged Civil Rights," National Law Journal (Nov. 5, 1990)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Double-Edged_Civil_Rights.PDF
"The Court's Little Surprise," Legal Times (1989-1990 Supreme Court Review) (July 23, 1990)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/The_Court_s_Little_Surprise.pdf
"Numbers Can Mislead on Race and Death," Legal Times, (July 9, 1990) (reprinted as part of the proceedings of the Criminal Section of the American Bar Association annual meeting in August, 1990)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Numbers_Can_Mislead_on_Race_and_Death.pdf
"Race, Color Bias Inseparable," Fulton County Daily Report (June 26, 1990)
"Broadcasting Cases to Transmit Message on Racial Preferences," Legal Times (Mar. 19, 1990)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Broadcasting_Cases_to_Transmit_M
"An Issue of Numbers," National Law Journal (Mar. 5, 1990)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/An_Issue_of_Numbers.pdf
"Patterson v. McLean and Affirmative Action,” Labor Law Journal 41(3) (March 1990), 131-37
http://jpscanlan.com/images/Patterson_v._McLean_and_Affirmative_Action.pdf
"Time Running Out on Minority Preferences," Legal Times (Dec. 11, 1989)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/An_Issue_of_Numbers.pdf
"Strategic Defense Can Be Dangerous," New Leader (June 12‑26, 1989)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Strategic_Defense.pdf
"Affirmative Action for Women: New Twist on an Old Debate," Legal Times (Dec. 5, 1988) (reprinted in The Corporate Board (July-August, 1989))
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Affirmative_Actioin_for_Women,_New_Twist_on_an_Old_Debate.pdf
"Striking Down Set-Aside System, Court Tackles Complex Issue," National Law Journal (Mar. 6, 1989)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Striking_Down_Set.PDF
"Indiscriminate Reading of Statistics Can 'Prove' Bias Where None Exists," Manhattan Lawyer (Apr. 24, 1989)
"Are Bias Statistics Nonsense?" Legal Times (Apr. 17, 1989)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Are_Bias_Statistics_Nonsense.pdf
"Illusions of Job Segregation," Public Interest 93 (Fall 1988), 54-69
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Illusions_cor_42404.pdf
"What Helps the Single Working Parent?" National Law Journal (Sept. 29, 1988)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/What_Really_Helps_the_Single_Working_Parent.PDF
"Facing the Paradox of Deterrence," Midwest Quarterly 29(1) (Autumn 1987), 9-24.
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Facing_the_Paradox_of_Deterrenc.pdf
"'Feminization of Poverty' is Misunderstood," Cleveland Plain Dealer (Oct. 9, 1987) (reprinted in Current (May, 1988) and Annual Editions: Social Problems 1989/90 (1989))
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Poverty_and_Women.pdf
"Semantic Quibbles Miss the Point in EEO Debate," Legal Times (Feb. 24, 1986)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Semantic_Quibbles_Miss_the_Point_in_EEP_Debate.pdf
"The Bottom Line Limitation to the Rule of Griggs v. Duke Power Co.,” University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform (Spring, 1985)
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Bottom_Line_-_JLF.pdf
"Employment Quotas for Women?" Public Interest 73 (Fall, 1983), 106-12
http://www.jpscanlan.com/images/Employment_Quotas_for_Women.pdf
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