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Farm Type Classification Systems: Another Look at an Old Problem
Author(s) -
Pretzer Don D.,
Finley Robert M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1239356
Subject(s) - type (biology) , set (abstract data type) , computer science , mathematics , biology , ecology , programming language
Farm record classification criteria vary greatly among states. Taking a given set of records and applying the various typing criteria gave widely divergent groupings. Hence, comparison of results based on varying criteria will likely be misleading. However, dairy farms can be classified consistently with any of the methods considered.