With G corresponding to the grouping variable, " r " the reference group, and " f " the focal group.
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Brands gain recognition as useful devices for characterizing the self in terms of personality traits, user characteristics, and reference groups.
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Values less than 0 indicate a reference group advantage whereas values greater than 0 indicate an advantage for the focal group.
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Merton hypothesized that individuals compare themselves with reference groups of people who occupy the social role to which the individual aspires.
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Kapteyn and Van Praag discovered reference drift, which means that individual welfare depends on the income of the reference group members.
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During 1991 a reference group recommended to the Minister of Education that Hallett Cove School provide Years 11 and 12 education.
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As members of the same cultural reference group, they identify and value this performance as a piece of shared cultural knowledge.
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The reference group for this test was a group of captive dingoes, thought to cover the whole range of the dingo population.
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In March 1985 a Parents Reference Group was formed and in September of that year established itself as an Interim School Council.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education created the educational reference groups ( ERGs ) in 1989 as a research and performance measurement tool.