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On the Variation of the Structure of a Social Group with Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

N. Rashevsky*
Affiliation:
The University of Chicago

Abstract

A case studied in a previous paper, concerning the changes of the relative number of individuals of different types in a social group, is treated under more general assumptions. It is shown that under those more general conditions periodical fluctuations in the structure of the social group may occur.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1941 The Psychometric Society

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