Trevor Denton
Biographic Data
| ID | 89239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Trevor Denton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Trevor |
| FAMILY NAME | Denton |
| SIGNATURE | DENTON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandon University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Indexes of Validity and Reliability for Cross-Societal Measures
Extracting measures from classical ethnographies has always necessitated proxy indicators in cross-societal research. Methods are given for calculating indexes of validity and reliability for both a low inference measure x and high inference proxy measure y of the same conceptual variable Z. Where two different ethnographic descriptions A and B exist for each society in a sample, low inference measures x A and x B are used to assess validity and …
Unit of Observation in Cross-Cultural Research: Implications for Sampling and Aggregated Data Analysis
The unit of observation in all current cross-cultural research is a culture or society. There are two consequences. First, if the unit of analysis is also a culture or society, demonstrable face or content validity must establish that the units of observation in a sample of cultures or societies are a random sample from the population from which the sample is deemed to be drawn. Second, where units of analysis (e.g., individuals) are aggregated i…
Yet Another Solution to Galton's Problem
For half a century, Galton's problem has been a thorn in the side of cultural anthropologists, agitating them to print. Galton's problem motivated the creators of all the major cross-cultural sampling frames to advocate selection of a single ethnographic description from each of up to hundreds of internally homogeneous culture areas. Why this happened is perplexing. Galton's problem disappears when it is thought of as a theoretical issue of corre…
Behavioral Relations for Components of Recent Preindustrial Modernization: Quantitative Assessment
Murdock and Provost (1973) designed their scale to measure recent preindustrial modernization, not cultural complexity. However, they gave no conceptual definition of modernization or any ontology for it. A conceptual definition of what their scale measures is given in such a way as to encompass both preindustrial and contemporary modernization. Conceptual and empirical evidence validating the definition is given. Using Spearman partial correlati…
Cultural Complexity Revisited
Cultural complexity has been defined in at least two different ways. First, Murdock and Provost conceptualized cultural complexity not as a single construct but rather as a set of constructs by which societies may be distinguished along the lines of known developmental sequences. Second, many anthropologists have conceptualized cultural complexity as a single construct along the lines of Spencerian differentiation/interdependence or (more loosely…
Social and Structural Differentiation: Conceptualization and Measurement
The purpose of this article is to define a theoretical construct of social differentiation. Social differentiation is defined as the number of different structured roles in a relatively self-sufficient system of interdependent structured roles that, directly or indirectly, enable individuals in the system to meet their basic biological needs for food, shelter, clothing, safety, mobility, and so on. System is opera tionalized as an autonomous terr…
War: Long Range Time Series by Conditioning
Introduction There are two purposes to this paper. The fIrst purpose is to present a set of six basic time series of war 35,000 B.C. to present day, The time series are one substantive result of a larger methodological project the objective of which was to develop a general method for constructing long range time series of culture and society (Denton, 1993a). The second purpose of the present paper is to build on Denton (1993a) by clarifying a va…
Long-Range Time Series of Culture and Society
The objective of this article is to describe a method for constructing long-range time series of culture and society extending back at least to 35, 000 B . C. The method enables indirect construction of a time series of variables that would not otherwise be observable. Rooted in the use of conditioning to compute probabilities, the method uses two different readings of a conditioning random variable Y to construct a time series ofa random variabl…
Canadian Indian migrants and impression management of ethnic stigma
Les migrants indiens au Canada croient que la catégorie sociale «Indien» les déprécie auprès des Blancs. Par conséquent, ils essayent de contrôler l'image qu'ils projettent de leur identité dans leurs relations avec les Blancs. Soit qu'ils ne révèlent pas leur identité indienne, ou soit qu'ils avouent être d'origine indienne, tout en prenant des mesures afin d'éviter le discrédit. Cette étude concentre sur les stratégies employées par les Indiens…
Co-Residential Groups
Unmeasurable Programs or Unacceptable Goals: The Dilemma of Goal Formation in Social Policy
General and Theoretical: Alone and with Others: A Grammar of Interpersonal Behavior. Murray Melbin
The Presentation of Self in Household Settings
The Structure of French Canadian Acculturation, 1759 to 1800
Cultural Complexity Revisited
Cultural complexity has been defined in at least two different ways. First, Murdock and Provost conceptualized cultural complexity not as a single construct but rather as a set of constructs by which societies may be distinguished along the lines of known developmental sequences. Second, many anthropologists have conceptualized cultural complexity as a single construct along the lines of Spencerian differentiation/interdependence or (more loosely…
Unit of Observation in Cross-Cultural Research: Implications for Sampling and Aggregated Data Analysis
The unit of observation in all current cross-cultural research is a culture or society. There are two consequences. First, if the unit of analysis is also a culture or society, demonstrable face or content validity must establish that the units of observation in a sample of cultures or societies are a random sample from the population from which the sample is deemed to be drawn. Second, where units of analysis (e.g., individuals) are aggregated i…
Social and Structural Differentiation: Conceptualization and Measurement
The purpose of this article is to define a theoretical construct of social differentiation. Social differentiation is defined as the number of different structured roles in a relatively self-sufficient system of interdependent structured roles that, directly or indirectly, enable individuals in the system to meet their basic biological needs for food, shelter, clothing, safety, mobility, and so on. System is opera tionalized as an autonomous terr…
Yet Another Solution to Galton's Problem
For half a century, Galton's problem has been a thorn in the side of cultural anthropologists, agitating them to print. Galton's problem motivated the creators of all the major cross-cultural sampling frames to advocate selection of a single ethnographic description from each of up to hundreds of internally homogeneous culture areas. Why this happened is perplexing. Galton's problem disappears when it is thought of as a theoretical issue of corre…
Behavioral Relations for Components of Recent Preindustrial Modernization: Quantitative Assessment
Murdock and Provost (1973) designed their scale to measure recent preindustrial modernization, not cultural complexity. However, they gave no conceptual definition of modernization or any ontology for it. A conceptual definition of what their scale measures is given in such a way as to encompass both preindustrial and contemporary modernization. Conceptual and empirical evidence validating the definition is given. Using Spearman partial correlati…
Long-Range Time Series of Culture and Society
The objective of this article is to describe a method for constructing long-range time series of culture and society extending back at least to 35, 000 B . C. The method enables indirect construction of a time series of variables that would not otherwise be observable. Rooted in the use of conditioning to compute probabilities, the method uses two different readings of a conditioning random variable Y to construct a time series ofa random variabl…
Canadian Indian migrants and impression management of ethnic stigma
Les migrants indiens au Canada croient que la catégorie sociale «Indien» les déprécie auprès des Blancs. Par conséquent, ils essayent de contrôler l'image qu'ils projettent de leur identité dans leurs relations avec les Blancs. Soit qu'ils ne révèlent pas leur identité indienne, ou soit qu'ils avouent être d'origine indienne, tout en prenant des mesures afin d'éviter le discrédit. Cette étude concentre sur les stratégies employées par les Indiens…
Unmeasurable Programs or Unacceptable Goals: The Dilemma of Goal Formation in Social Policy
The Structure of French Canadian Acculturation, 1759 to 1800
The Structure of French Canadian Acculturation, 1759 to 1800
The Presentation of Self in Household Settings
General and Theoretical: Alone and with Others: A Grammar of Interpersonal Behavior. Murray Melbin
Canadian Indian migrants and impression management of ethnic stigma
Les migrants indiens au Canada croient que la catégorie sociale «Indien» les déprécie auprès des Blancs. Par conséquent, ils essayent de contrôler l'image qu'ils projettent de leur identité dans leurs relations avec les Blancs. Soit qu'ils ne révèlent pas leur identité indienne, ou soit qu'ils avouent être d'origine indienne, tout en prenant des mesures afin d'éviter le discrédit. Cette étude concentre sur les stratégies employées par les Indiens…
Co-Residential Groups
Unmeasurable Programs or Unacceptable Goals: The Dilemma of Goal Formation in Social Policy
Long-Range Time Series of Culture and Society
The objective of this article is to describe a method for constructing long-range time series of culture and society extending back at least to 35, 000 B . C. The method enables indirect construction of a time series of variables that would not otherwise be observable. Rooted in the use of conditioning to compute probabilities, the method uses two different readings of a conditioning random variable Y to construct a time series ofa random variabl…
War: Long Range Time Series by Conditioning
Introduction There are two purposes to this paper. The fIrst purpose is to present a set of six basic time series of war 35,000 B.C. to present day, The time series are one substantive result of a larger methodological project the objective of which was to develop a general method for constructing long range time series of culture and society (Denton, 1993a). The second purpose of the present paper is to build on Denton (1993a) by clarifying a va…
Social and Structural Differentiation: Conceptualization and Measurement
The purpose of this article is to define a theoretical construct of social differentiation. Social differentiation is defined as the number of different structured roles in a relatively self-sufficient system of interdependent structured roles that, directly or indirectly, enable individuals in the system to meet their basic biological needs for food, shelter, clothing, safety, mobility, and so on. System is opera tionalized as an autonomous terr…
Cultural Complexity Revisited
Cultural complexity has been defined in at least two different ways. First, Murdock and Provost conceptualized cultural complexity not as a single construct but rather as a set of constructs by which societies may be distinguished along the lines of known developmental sequences. Second, many anthropologists have conceptualized cultural complexity as a single construct along the lines of Spencerian differentiation/interdependence or (more loosely…
Behavioral Relations for Components of Recent Preindustrial Modernization: Quantitative Assessment
Murdock and Provost (1973) designed their scale to measure recent preindustrial modernization, not cultural complexity. However, they gave no conceptual definition of modernization or any ontology for it. A conceptual definition of what their scale measures is given in such a way as to encompass both preindustrial and contemporary modernization. Conceptual and empirical evidence validating the definition is given. Using Spearman partial correlati…
Unit of Observation in Cross-Cultural Research: Implications for Sampling and Aggregated Data Analysis
The unit of observation in all current cross-cultural research is a culture or society. There are two consequences. First, if the unit of analysis is also a culture or society, demonstrable face or content validity must establish that the units of observation in a sample of cultures or societies are a random sample from the population from which the sample is deemed to be drawn. Second, where units of analysis (e.g., individuals) are aggregated i…
Yet Another Solution to Galton's Problem
For half a century, Galton's problem has been a thorn in the side of cultural anthropologists, agitating them to print. Galton's problem motivated the creators of all the major cross-cultural sampling frames to advocate selection of a single ethnographic description from each of up to hundreds of internally homogeneous culture areas. Why this happened is perplexing. Galton's problem disappears when it is thought of as a theoretical issue of corre…
Indexes of Validity and Reliability for Cross-Societal Measures
Extracting measures from classical ethnographies has always necessitated proxy indicators in cross-societal research. Methods are given for calculating indexes of validity and reliability for both a low inference measure x and high inference proxy measure y of the same conceptual variable Z. Where two different ethnographic descriptions A and B exist for each society in a sample, low inference measures x A and x B are used to assess validity and …
Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Statistics (4 works)