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D-PLACE dataset derived from Murdock and White 1969 'Standard Cross-Cultural Sample'
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Reversed code labels for SCCS713 #2

Closed xrotwang closed 9 months ago

xrotwang commented 2 years ago

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I noticed what appears to be an error in the labeling of the variable 713, on the distribution of “classical” religions. The categories of “preclassical” and “classical” appear to be reversed, based on comparison with the original figured reported in Whyte 1978.

See https://d-place.org/parameters/SCCS713

xrotwang commented 9 months ago

Corroborated by the codebook from 2009, 2011

713. (Pre-Classical) Religion (**inaccurate for 27, see 713rev from 1807: additional 85 coded)
 in a previous edition of the codebook codes 1-3 were reversed 3-1 as were
 the frequencies for the named categories.
 93 . = Missing data

 14   1 = Classical religion (Xianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism)
 31   2 = Mixture of classical and preclassical
 48   3 = Preclassical