Robert C Bealer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3709754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert C Bealer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert C |
| FAMILY NAME | Bealer |
| SIGNATURE | BEALER R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Agricultural & Applied Economics Association |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Popular Images of 'Rurality: Data from a Pennsylvania Survey
The meaning of rurality from the person-on-the-street perspective was explored using data from a statewide telephone and mail survey of 1,241 Pennsylvania residents. Responses to 35 Likert items were factor analyzed and five factors were delineated: positive images of rural life, negative images of rurality, antiurbanism, agrarianism, and wilderness values. Widespread agreement with the positive images of rural life, antiurbanism, agrarianism, an…
Modernization Imbalance and Domestic Instability Revisited: Reply
Modernization Balance, Imbalance, and Domestic Instability
Panel Studies: Some Practical Problems
Panel studies, undertaken with grandiose plans and high hopes, frequently fail to live up to the expectations of the initiators of the research. Practical problems, such as continuity of personnel, institutional commitment, funding, design and substance of the data bank, and changing of facilities and equipment may interfere with the success of the project. The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the pitfalls that may be encountered in s…
Tracking Respondents in Longitudinal Surveys
Many of the problems social scientists are called upon to address require information best obtained through longitudinal research. Whether the emphasis of the investigation is practical or theoretical, applied or basic, data on the same people across time are important for understanding the causes or conditions out of which present situations arose and the effects of these situations on future events., However, a relatively small number of report…
Interreligious Marriage among Pennsylvania Rural Youth
Communication and the 'Consequences' of Communication
Rural Youth: A Case Study in the Rebelliousness of Adolescents
The existence of cultural continuity from genera tion to generation within society supports in advance the notion that adolescents do not generally rebel against and reject traditional values and parental norms. Thus, it is not sur prising that research findings disagree with the popular stereotypes of rebellious adolescent behavior. The disagree ment between parent and adolescent as to the stage at which the adolescent may participate in the act…
Popular Images of 'Rurality: Data from a Pennsylvania Survey
The meaning of rurality from the person-on-the-street perspective was explored using data from a statewide telephone and mail survey of 1,241 Pennsylvania residents. Responses to 35 Likert items were factor analyzed and five factors were delineated: positive images of rural life, negative images of rurality, antiurbanism, agrarianism, and wilderness values. Widespread agreement with the positive images of rural life, antiurbanism, agrarianism, an…
Tracking Respondents in Longitudinal Surveys
Many of the problems social scientists are called upon to address require information best obtained through longitudinal research. Whether the emphasis of the investigation is practical or theoretical, applied or basic, data on the same people across time are important for understanding the causes or conditions out of which present situations arose and the effects of these situations on future events., However, a relatively small number of report…
Panel Studies: Some Practical Problems
Panel studies, undertaken with grandiose plans and high hopes, frequently fail to live up to the expectations of the initiators of the research. Practical problems, such as continuity of personnel, institutional commitment, funding, design and substance of the data bank, and changing of facilities and equipment may interfere with the success of the project. The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the pitfalls that may be encountered in s…
Modernization Balance, Imbalance, and Domestic Instability
Rural Youth: A Case Study in the Rebelliousness of Adolescents
The existence of cultural continuity from genera tion to generation within society supports in advance the notion that adolescents do not generally rebel against and reject traditional values and parental norms. Thus, it is not sur prising that research findings disagree with the popular stereotypes of rebellious adolescent behavior. The disagree ment between parent and adolescent as to the stage at which the adolescent may participate in the act…
Rural Youth: A Case Study in the Rebelliousness of Adolescents
The existence of cultural continuity from genera tion to generation within society supports in advance the notion that adolescents do not generally rebel against and reject traditional values and parental norms. Thus, it is not sur prising that research findings disagree with the popular stereotypes of rebellious adolescent behavior. The disagree ment between parent and adolescent as to the stage at which the adolescent may participate in the act…
Communication and the 'Consequences' of Communication
Interreligious Marriage among Pennsylvania Rural Youth
Tracking Respondents in Longitudinal Surveys
Many of the problems social scientists are called upon to address require information best obtained through longitudinal research. Whether the emphasis of the investigation is practical or theoretical, applied or basic, data on the same people across time are important for understanding the causes or conditions out of which present situations arose and the effects of these situations on future events., However, a relatively small number of report…
Modernization Balance, Imbalance, and Domestic Instability
Panel Studies: Some Practical Problems
Panel studies, undertaken with grandiose plans and high hopes, frequently fail to live up to the expectations of the initiators of the research. Practical problems, such as continuity of personnel, institutional commitment, funding, design and substance of the data bank, and changing of facilities and equipment may interfere with the success of the project. The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the pitfalls that may be encountered in s…
Modernization Imbalance and Domestic Instability Revisited: Reply
Popular Images of 'Rurality: Data from a Pennsylvania Survey
The meaning of rurality from the person-on-the-street perspective was explored using data from a statewide telephone and mail survey of 1,241 Pennsylvania residents. Responses to 35 Likert items were factor analyzed and five factors were delineated: positive images of rural life, negative images of rurality, antiurbanism, agrarianism, and wilderness values. Widespread agreement with the positive images of rural life, antiurbanism, agrarianism, an…
Sociology (7 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Socioeconomics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (2 works)