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2.2 The Problem
Pages 51-51

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... Thus, the coefficient of a particular socioeconomic variable which is positive in an extreme traditional setting but negative in an extreme transitional setting may be negative and smaller in absolute value, or even zero, in a less transitional setting. In developing the macro hypotheses to be operat~onal~zed and tested, we must first be more precise about the sources of macro variability in the micro parameters.
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