Spotlight on heterogeneity [[electronic resource] ] : 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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777419303321
• Autore: Lott Juanita Tamayo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (81 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EdmonstonBarry; GoldsteinJoshua; LottJuanita Tamayo
• Disciplina: 519.501
• Soggetti: Ethnicity - United States; Minorities - Government policy - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 “OTHERâ€? 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""