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Nutrition As An Index To Relative Economic Development, Kenneth E. Rosing
Nutrition As An Index To Relative Economic Development, Kenneth E. Rosing
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
Investigation of nutrition as a reliable measure of relative economic development. Fourteen specific indices were grouped and combined to make six general indices. Subjected to the Kendall test of concordance, they were found to measure the same basic phenomenon that, on examination, appeared to be symptomatic of economic development and, therefore, reliably combined into a single index. A nutrition index was then compiled for specific countries in terms of gross calories per capita per day and adjusted to age structure, climate ami .quality of diet. All countries for which information was available were ranked by this nutritional index and tested …
The Modern Celebrity As A Unique Form Of Stratification, Ronald Althouse
The Modern Celebrity As A Unique Form Of Stratification, Ronald Althouse
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
Social strata are horizontal layers of persons occupying positions with approximately equal access to social values of communities. Every society provides a unique arrangement of social strata with respect to one another. The modern mass society is no exception. Social positions of high rank resting on notoriety - the modern celebrity - are a foundation for prominence in a manner found nowhere else.