Which of the following best describes a field audit?
A. sending two otherwise similar, but racially different, subjects into similar situations
B. sending people of the same race, but with significant differences in education or income, into similar situations
C. observing racial interactions, between strangers, in public situations
D. observing how public institutions, such as banks, treat people of different races and ethnicities
Answer: A
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