reference group in a sentence

Examples

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