Cluster Analysis of International Information and Social Development.

Lau, Jesus

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Cluster Analysis of International Information and Social Development.

Lau, Jesus

Information Processing and Management, v26 n2 p317-28 1990

Analyzes information activities in relation to socioeconomic characteristics in low, middle, and highly developed economies for the years 1960 and 1977 through the use of cluster analysis. Results of data from 31 countries suggest that information development is achieved mainly by countries that have also achieved social development. (26 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Status, Foreign Countries, Information Science, Predictor Variables, Social Development, Socioeconomic Status

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Language: English

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