  We investigated the evolutionary stages and disk properties of 211 Young
stellar objects (YSOs) across the Perseus cloud by modeling the broadband
optical to mid-infrared (IR) spectral energy distribution (SED). By exploring
the relationships among the turnoff wave bands lambda_turnoff (longward of
which significant IR excesses above the stellar photosphere are observed), the
excess spectral index alpha_excess at lambda <~ 24 microns, and the disk inner
radius R_in (from SED modeling) for YSOs of different evolutionary stages, we
found that the median and standard deviation of alpha_excess of YSOs with
optically thick disks tend to increase with lambda_turnoff, especially at
lambda_turnoff >= 5.8 microns, whereas the median fractional dust luminosities
L_dust/L_star tend to decrease with lambda_turnoff. This points to an
inside-out disk clearing of small dust grains. Moreover, a positive correlation
between alpha_excess and R_in was found at alpha_excess > ~0 and R_in > ~10
$\times$ the dust sublimation radius R_sub, irrespective of lambda_turnoff,
L_dust/L_star and disk flaring. This suggests that the outer disk flaring
either does not evolve synchronously with the inside-out disk clearing or has
little influence on alpha_excess shortward of 24 microns. About 23% of our YSO
disks are classified as transitional disks, which have lambda_turnoff >= 5.8
microns and L_dust/L_star >10^(-3). The transitional disks and full disks
occupy distinctly different regions on the L_dust/L_star vs. alpha_excess
diagram. Taking L_dust/L_star as an approximate discriminator of disks with
(>0.1) and without (<0.1) considerable accretion activity, we found that 65%
and 35% of the transitional disks may be consistent with being dominantly
cleared by photoevaporation and dynamical interaction respectively. [abridged]
