PERFECTING METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE COURSE OF RURAL AREA DEVELOPMENT if A PARTI A Toward a Definition of Economic Development and i A Framework for Evaluating Model Efficacy By V Bruce R. Beattie, Thomas H. Klindt, and Garnett L. Bradford y RESEARCH REPORT ll : April l972 V University of Kentucky : : College of Agriculture Agricultural Experiment Station :: Department of Agricultural Economics - ~ . Lexington