COHORT ANALYSIS

COHORT ANALYSIS cohort analysis (koh-hort). A method of measuring discrimination in the workplace by comparing, at several points in time, the pay and promotions of employees of different cognizable groups. • Cohort analyses are often used in employment-discrimination cases. [Cases: Civil Rights  1543. C.J.S. Civil Rights § 170.] COIF coif (koyf).1. A white linen headpiece formerly worn by serjeants-at-law (barristers of high standing) in com-mon-law courts. 2. The rank or order of serjeants-at-law. See ORDER OF THE COIF. [Blacks Law 8th]