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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2011
This note presents some statistical evidence on the growth and geographic distribution of membership in the Economic History Association. The interpretation suggests that, despite a reasonable growth of membership on a national basis, particular areas of the country are under-represented in the Association, relative to the probable extent of their interest in economic history. An attempt is made to identify the areas of under-representation and thereby to provide some guidance for missionary work.
1 U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Total Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education, first term, 1959–60: Basic Data.
2 My thanks are due to my colleague, Dr. Irving H. Balow, for assistance in the computation.
3 Substituting Y = 1 in the equation yields a value of .3637 for X; the slope of the line is 3.8483, which implies an increment of one member for each increment of 259.85 graduate students.
