Review Questions Student’s Name Institution Affiliation The issue of race for the 2000 Census differed with the one for 1990 in many ways. Most importantly, respondents were allowed the option of picking one more race groups to specify their racial individualities. The 2000 census followed the federal criteria for gathering and presenting information on race as defined in October 1997 by the Office of Management and Budget, OMB (Grieco & Cassidy, 2006). Changes made by the Bureau to the operationalization and conceptualization of race factor in the census of 2000 dictated the utilization of a minimum of 5 race groups including white; African American or Black; Alaska Native or American...
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