Question

The record must be copied exactly as it appears on the census form. The U.S. Census Bureau CANNOT make changes even though it realizes that enumerators may have been misinformed or made mistakes in writing down the data they collected.
Source: United States. Dept. of Commerce. Application for Search of Census Records. Jeffersonville: US Census Bureau, n.d. Print.



This excerpt is from the application for census information. Using your knowledge of context clues, which phrase defines the word "enumerators" as it is used in this sentence?

a. a census list
b. people who gather census information
c. information gathered by the Census Bureau
d. the part of a fraction above the line

Answer 1

The correct answer is b. people who gather census information

Even though enumerators might have made mistakes the data sticks, and the enumerators are people who collect the data about the census.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. People who gather census information

Explanation:

The term "context clues" refers to the information the words that surround a technical or unknown word provide about its meaning. This implies, by understanding the context of a word it is possible to determine the meaning of the unknown word.

In the case presented, in which the unknown word is "Enumerators" the text in which it appears is about Census, which is the process of gathering information about the population of a country or area including their age, education, occupation, etc. Because of this, the text explains the Census Bureau, which is the institution in charge of gathering and processing the data, cannot make changes on the information of the "Enumerators". Considering the unknown word "Enumerator" is related to other such as "Census" and "the data they collected" that work as context clues about the meaning of this word it can be concluded in this context this word means "people who gather census information" because the text explains the data gathered by the enumerators during the census cannot be changed.