Describe the Five Stages Through Which the Diffusion of an Innovation

question 79

Essay

Describe the five stages through which the diffusion of an innovation occurs suggested by Rogers.

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Definitions:

Lowest 40%

Refers to the bottom forty percent of a distribution or set of data points, often discussed in the context of income or wealth distributions.

Z > 0.59

A condition specifying that the value of the Z-score in a statistical analysis is greater than 0.59, often related to standard deviation measurements in normal distribution.

Lowest 96%

Suggests the minimal value or percentile in a dataset or series of observations, positioned at 96%.

Z < 0.97

Describes the area under the normal distribution curve to the left of Z = 0.97, including all values less than this Z-score.