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Methodology and Measurement in the Study of Multiracial aMericans: Identity, Classification, and Perceptions
Author(s) -
Herman Melissa R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00388.x
Subject(s) - identity (music) , ethnic group , affect (linguistics) , perception , sociology , social psychology , race (biology) , gender studies , identification (biology) , psychology , anthropology , aesthetics , communication , biology , art , botany , neuroscience
This article lays out some of the methodological issues in doing research on multiracial people (those whose immediate and/or distant ancestors come from different racial or ethnic groups), including how they are counted, how they are perceived, how they identify themselves, what factors affect their self‐identifications, and how their identifications change over time.