A Conceptual Variable Analysis of Technological Change.

One approach to general sociological theory is utilized in the present study. Technological change, as measured by an adoption of farm practices scale, varies with the concepts of change orientation, communication competence, and status achievement. No significant relationships were found between technological change and locality group cohesion, family integration, and kinship group cohesion. A coefficient of multiple correlation of .409 indicates that much of the variation in technological change remains to be explained by other than the six conceptual variables included in the present study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]