Data quality and modes of marriage: some holocultural evidence of systematic errors

Behavior Science Research • Vol/Iss. 11 • Published In • Pages: 25-37 •
By Schaefer, James Michael, Evascu, Thomas L.

Hypothesis

Coded data quality control factors will be associated with some aspects of mode of marriage.

Note

"Absence" in Murdock's coding is found to be most associated with data quality variables.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Kendall’s coefficient of concordance; GammaSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Evascu's Codings For "absence"UNKNOWNSex
High Data Rating (information Present On All Or All But One Of The Data Quality Variables)UNKNOWNNONE
Language FamiliarityUNKNOWNReviews And Critiques
Length Of Stay In The Field (< One Year, >/= One Year)UNKNOWNIdentification
Low Data Rating (information Absent On Four Or More Of The Data Quality Variables)UNKNOWNNONE
Murdock's Codings For "absence"UNKNOWNMode Of Marriage
Number Of Local Groups Studied (one, Two, More Than Two)UNKNOWNIdentification
Number Of Pages In The Reference Devoted Directly To Ethnographic Reporting, Excluding Tables Of Contents, Indexes, Etc. (less Than 264, Greater Than Or Equal To 264), Median ScoreUNKNOWNNONE
Number Of Stated Informants ( One, Two, More Than Two)UNKNOWNInformants
Settlement PatternUNKNOWNSettlement Patterns
Societal DifferentiationUNKNOWNNONE
Subsistence TypeUNKNOWNNONE
Time From End Of Fieldwork To Publication (less Than Six Years, Greater Than Or Equal To Six Years)UNKNOWNReviews And Critiques
Year That Fieldwork Began (before 1933, After 1933), Median ScoreUNKNOWNIdentification