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I don't know about single letters, but single words?

"Score this resumé. Applicant: Jim ..."

"Score this resumé. Applicant: Greg..."

Is it obvious to anyone that these will have the same modal response?



I believe there's some data that they will have different responses if the names signify different cultural / race / gender affiliations. Here be dragons.




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