Data on race and ethnicity: Revising the federal standard

American Statistician

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-33

  Wallman, Katherine K ^a  

^a Office of Management and Budget   (United States)

Author keywords

Data comparability; Demographic characteristics; Directive number 15; Statistical policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032337503     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1998.10480533     Document Type: Article

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