It has been hypothesized that African Americans report lower scores th
an Caucasians on standardized tests of socioeconomic status. College s
tudents were asked to report their family's socioeconomic class. In ad
dition, the Revised Hollingshead four-factor socioeconomic questionnai
re was given. Both groups surveyed, African American and Caucasian, un
derestimated their social class, but there were no differences between
the groups.