to their purpose. In this approach they would be used to represent social values and goals in hierarchy. This value hierarchy may be shown in 13 Claus Moser, Joe. cit., p. 133. 40 terms of a· system of social indicators.14 Once national values and goals are expressed in the form of indicators, early detection of social problems, monitoring of societal changes, and interventions to correct undersirable changes are possible. Furthermore, if social reporting is institutionalized, it would provide the information to the public as to "where we stand and are going with respect to our values and goals" and enable them to enhance their self-consciousness of these changes and to strengthen the capabilitJ of self-reversal from the undesirable trends to the desired directions.1 23. For developing countries, the veiy same indicators could be applied for development purposes. Professor Nancy Baster, for example, gives a number of different purposes of development indicators as follow: "They may be used to describe trends and to diagnose a particular development situation (and to compare these trends and situations); they may be used to analyse interrelations bet­ ween variables; they may be used for prediction; and they may be used for planning, both for measuring targets and objectives, and for evaluating progress.I 6 ' Unfortunately, these purposes are not unique to development indicators. In practices of planning and analysis, all relevant statistics are, in fact, used for these purposes, particularly in planning. Therefore, a deliberate effort should be made in the future to narrow down and to specify their unique purposes. 24. Another potential use considered to be important from the present state of the art in social development is, as envisaged by Pro­ fessor Richard Stone/ 7 in connection with the empirical research needed to enlarge our understanding of social processes in order to 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the use of social indicators to measure and monitor social values and goals, which seems to be related to broader social and economic development issues. The text mentions development indicators and their potential uses, such as describing trends, analyzing interrelations, predicting, and planning. This suggests that the text is focused on development and social progress.

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