Spotlight on heterogeneity : the federal standards for racial and ethnic classification: summary of a workshop / Barry Edmonston, Joshua Goldstein, Juanita Tamayo Lott, editors; Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lott, Juanita Tamayo.

Contributor:

Edmonston, Barry.

Goldstein, Joshua.

Lott, Juanita Tamayo.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--United States.

Ethnicity.

Minorities--Government policy--United States.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Spotlight on Heterogeneity""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND A CHANGING SOCIETY""; ""OPTIONS FOR CHANGE""; ""The Challenge of Classifying Heterogeneity""; ""A NATION OF CHANGE""; ""DIRECTIVE 15 AND ITS USES""; ""Federal Experience""; ""Nonfederal Experience""; ""SOCIAL TRENDS THAT AFFECT RACE AND ETHNICITY""; ""Growth, Concentration, and Heterogeneity of Minority Groups""; ""Racial and Ethnic Identity""; ""Self-Identification Versus Observer Identification""; ""Identity as a Social Construct""; ""EXPERIENCES OF OTHER COUNTRIES""

""Current Categories and Anomalies""""INFORMATION ON RACE AND ETHNICITY""; ""CLASSIFICATION PROBLEMS UNDER DIRECTIVE 15""; ""Inconsistent Categories and Data Sources""; ""Overlap of Race and Ethnicity Questions""; ""Indigenous Peoples""; ""American Indians""; ""Alaskan Natives and Aleuts""; ""Native Hawaiians""; ""Multiple Ancestries""; ""New Ethnic Groups and Pan-Ethnic Identities""; ""Revising Federal Standards: Issues for Consideration""; ""BASIS FOR CLASSIFICATION""; ""A MIXED-RACE OR “OTHER� CATEGORY""; ""MEASUREMENT ISSUES""; ""TECHNICAL ISSUES OF CLASSIFICATION""

""OPERATIONAL ISSUES""""Conclusions""; ""OBJECTIVES FOR A FEDERAL STANDARD""; ""TESTING AND EVALUATION""; ""OTHER CONSIDERATIONS""; ""POSSIBLE OPTIONS""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A: Workshop Participants""; ""APPENDIX B: Office of Management and Budget Statistical Directive 15""; ""DIRECTIVE NO. 15: RACE AND ETHNIC STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL STATISTICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING""; ""1. Definitions""; ""2. Utilization for Recordkeeping and Reporting""; ""3. Effective Date""; ""4. Presentation of Race/Ethnic Data""

""APPENDIX C: Federal Agencies That Provided Information About Implementation of Directive 15""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

268793489