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标题：A Multiple Indicators, Multiple Causes Analysis of Farmers' Information Use
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作者：Elizabeth McLeod ; Kimberly L. Jensen ; Karen L. DeLong 等
期刊名称：Journal of Extension
印刷版ISSN：0022-0140
电子版ISSN：1077-5315
出版年度：2019
卷号：57
期号：3
页码：1-13
出版社：Journal of Extension, Inc.
摘要：A multiple indicators, multiple causes, or MIMIC, modeling framework can be used for analyzing a variety of farmer decision-making situations where multiple outcomes are possible. Example applications include analyses of farmer use of multiple information sources, management practices, or technologies. We applied the framework to analyze use of multiple information sources by beef cattle farmers. We provide measures of how farmer demographics, farm characteristics, and risk attitudes influenced farmer use of information from Extension, producer groups, popular press, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Internet, and other farmers. Education and greater willingness to take risk positively influenced information use among the farmers we studied. Our process has implications for broader use within Extension.
关键词：information adoption ; farmers ; MIMIC ; logit