690+Smith—An+Experimental+Comparison+of+Methods+of+Measuring+Ethnicity

One question on the test is associated with the ECR reading by Smith—An Experimental Comparison of Methods of Measuring Ethnicity



"ethnicity is a labile construct in the US"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labile
 * Lability** refers to something that is constantly undergoing change or something that is likely to undergo change.

respondents using a computer assisted personal interviewing technique rather than a paper-and-pencil interviewing instrument

basically this study is looking at changes in what people chose as their ethnicity. selections of only one ethnicity was rising in the late 90's but then fell in the early 2000's. selections of 2 or more ethnicities and selecting a main ethnicity rose in the late 90's as well as early 2000's.

depends on measurement methods CAPI means computerized instrument, that would change screens based on answers PAPI means pencil/paper method then there was a revised CAPI method : would have all questions on the same screen much like PAPI looks they used random sampling results showed that revised CAPI method (looked like PAPI) had higher instance of naming single ethnicity, whereas CAPI (multiple screens) were more likely to name multiple ethnicities

no statistically significant results from original measure to second measure. less than .05

indep. variable would be the original measure dep. variable would be the second meausure

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