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申请人为她提出的建议提供了令人信服的理由 论文题目。她打算调查这一事件的影响 论老年人地位的现代化--老年人在现代化进程中的地位 家庭和他们的健康--在斐济。关于研究目的和目的的讨论 这项研究的基本原理表明，人们敏锐地意识到， 一个国家的经济显然会产生意想不到的结果，比如 加剧了家庭成员之间的利益冲突。申请人 详细说明为什么这些更改可能会对依赖项造成特别严重的影响 老年人。拟议中的研究结果可能会有主要的 不仅对斐济，而且对第三个发展中国家的大部分国家都有影响 世界。她的分析数据将来自1966年和1986年的人口普查 斐济和1983年世卫组织对斐济老年人的研究。这两个消息来源将 为申请者提供检验她的假设所需的措施。 此外，她对她的研究设计的讨论给出了所有迹象 她认识到这些措施的优势和局限性以及 将她的研究带入ITS所需的多重统计程序 完成了。

The applicant has provided a compelling rationale for her proposed dissertation topic. She intends to investigate the impact of modernization on the status of the elderly--their position within the family and their health--in Fiji. The discussion of the research aims and the rationale for the research suggest a keen awareness that changes in the economy of a country can clearly have unanticipated outcomes such as exacerbating conflicts of interest among family members. The applicant details why these changes may fall particularly heavy upon dependent elderly. The findings of the proposed research could have major implications, not just for Fiji, but for much of the developing Third World. Data for her analysis will come from the 1966 and 1986 Census of Fiji and a 1983 WHO Study of Elderly in Fiji. These two sources will provide the applicant with the measures she needs to test her hypotheses. Moreover, her discussion of her research design gives every indication what she recognized the strengths and limitations of these measures and the multiple statistical procedures necessary to bring her research to its completion.