In regional income comparisons, relative and absolute measures sometimes produce apparently contradictory results. These can be reconciled if a proper time perspective is utilized. An income gap between regions, relative or absolute, indicates the situation at a particular time, while growth...

As part of the expanded research program in the Agricultural Estimates Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, extensive plant observations were made over the old Cotton Belt during the 1954 season. The data were studied in relation to final yields so...

Choice of weights is basic to construction of index numbers that are designed to measure change over time. The analysis in this article develops criteria for selection of weights and examines the results of using different periods as a basis for measuring change in the volume of selected inputs...

A 14 equation recursive model is developed for (1) flue-cured acreage, (2) burley acreage, (3) flue-cured price, (4) burley price, and (5) consumer demand for cigarettes. The coefficients are estimated using data for 1954-70. The reduced form and the impact multipliers are derived. The...

Filbert estimating techniques can be improved by using refined procedures for selecting sample limbs and counting nut clusters. These procedures can reduce survey cost 25 percent and improve sampling and nonsampling errors. Counting nut clusters for two terminal limbs (4 percent of an average...

Comparisons of successive frequency distributions may be made in two distinct ways that are frequently confused. One way is to make comparison against a given set of class intervals covering the relevant range of the data. The result is a fixed frame of reference, a single classification grid....

Supply and demand equations for explaining net changes in farm real estate debt by lending institutions arc presented. Capital appreciation, net farm plus nonfarm income, and the ratio of money balances to gross production expenses are used to explain changes in demand. Changes in supply arc...

Structural differentiation, a concept used here to measure differences between rural U.S. counties, can assist policymakers in determining degrees of rural development. The Guttman scale of structural differentiation, derived from Dun and Bradstreet retail establishment data, is examined for its...