Journal of Quantitative Anthropology

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Vol 6, No 1 - 4 (1996)

Articles

The Relation between Typicality and Semantic Similarity StructureAbstract PDF
A. Kimball Romney, Devon D. Brewer, William H. Batchelder 1-14
Methods for Analyzing Three-Way Cognitive Network DataAbstract PDF
Ece Kumbasar 15-34
A Method for Systematic Reduction of the Number of Questions in a Network Matrix QuestionnaireAbstract PDF
Robert T. Trotter, Anne M Bowen, Heather J Hurlbert 35-47
Models of Economic Differentiation and Cultural ChangeAbstract PDF
Liliana R. Goldin 49-74
Classification of Actors in a Social Network Based on Stochastic Centrality and PrestigeAbstract PDF
Laura Koehly, Stanley Wasserman 75-99
Understanding Australian Kinship: Rewrite Rules or Homomorphisms?Abstract PDF
Peter Lucich 101-146
Reconsidering Social Networks: Reciprocal Gift Exchange among the !KungAbstract PDF
Thomas Schweizer 147-170
Risky Sex and Sexual Cognition: The Cartography of Eros among Flemish Gay MenAbstract PDF
Ralph Bolton, John Vincke 171-208
Language, Culture, and Data on the North Coast of New GuineaAbstract PDF
Robert L. Welsch 209-234
Will the "Real" Data Please Stand Up? Reply to Welsch (1996)Abstract PDF
Carmella C. Moore, A. Kimball Romney 235-262
Grammars, The I Ching and Levi-Strauss: More on Siemens' 'Three Formal Theories of Cultural Analogy'Abstract PDF
Sheldon Klein 263-272
Social Differentiation: A Speculative Birth and Death Process HypothesisAbstract PDF
Trevor Denton 273-302

Vol 5, No 1 - 4 (1995)

PrefaceDetails PDF
Gregory B. Pollock 1-2

Articles

Partner Choice, Game Theory and Social BehaviorAbstract PDF
Lee Alan Dugatkin 3-14
Simple Game Inevitable Correlated EquilibriaAbstract Untitled PDF
Gregory B. Pollock 15-46
Experimental Evidence for Punishment: of Evans-Pritchard, Wynne-Edwards, and AntsAbstract PDF
Gregory B. Pollock, Steven W. Rissing 47-72

Replies

Commentary on Welsch and Terrell's (1994) Reply to Moore and Romney (1994)Details PDF
Carmella Moore, A Kimball Romney 75-84

Articles

The Use of Multilevel Modeling for Analysing Personal Networks: Networks of Cocaine Users in an Urban AreaAbstract PDF
Tom Snijders, Marinus Spreen, Ronald Zwaagstra 85-105
Cognitive Indicators of Knowledge in Semantic DomainsAbstract PDF
Devon D. Brewer 107-128
Pile Sort Analysis of siSwati Terms for Acute Respiratory InfectionsAbstract PDF
Ruth P. Wilson, Gene A. Shelly, Mavis Nxumalo, Bongani Magonga Jr 129-147
Occupational Cognition in Three NationsAbstract PDF
J Raul Magana, Michael Burton, Joao Ferreira-Pinto 149-168
Malecot's Isolation by Distance Model: Empirical Behavior and Theoretical ConsiderationsAbstract PDF
Stephen L. Zegura, Diana Simic, Pavao Rudan 171-189
Graphical Representation of Blood Group Data of Human PopulationsAbstract PDF
Robert Boudeau, C. Radhakrishna Rao 191-214
A New Statistical Test for the Comparison of the Standardized Differences Corresponding to Two Different Measurements: The Case of Petralona and KabweAbstract PDF
G.N. Van Vark, W.H.M. Amesz-Voorhoeve 215-238
A New Statistical Test for Studying Morphological TrendsAbstract PDF
A.G.M. Steerneman, T. Kroontje, G. N. Van Vark, W Schaafsma, W.H.M. Amesz-Voorhoeve 239-251
Patterns in the Recall of Persons in a Department of a Formal OrganizationAbstract PDF
Devon D. Brewer 255-284
Detecting Context-Based Constraints in Social PerceptionAbstract PDF
Cynthia M. Webster 285-303
Social Schemata for Remembering People: Relationships and Person attributes in Free Recall of AquaintancesAbstract PDF
Alan Page Fiske 305-324
The Rank-Size Dimension and the History of Site Structure from Survey DataAbstract PDF
R. R. Laxton, W. G. Cavanagh 327-358
A Comparison of Methods for Collecting Judged Similarities Among Items in a Semantic DomainAbstract PDF
Timothy J. Brazill, A. Kimball Romney, William H. Batchelder 359-374

Book Reviews

John J. Poggie, Jr., Billie R. DeWalt, and William W. Dressler (eds.), "Anthropological Research: Process and Application"Details PDF
Edward Liebow 375-378

Vol 4, No 1 - 4 (1992-1994)

Articles

Ethnography and Ethnology: Goodenough vs. Fischer a Generation LaterAbstract PDF
David B. Kronenfeld 1-22
Centrality and Prestige: A Review and SynthesisAbstract PDF
Katherine Faust, Stanley Wasserman 23-78
Introduction (Vol 4, No 2)Abstract PDF
Dwight W. Read 79-94
The Relationship Between Genealogical and Terminological Structure in KinshipAbstract PDF
F. K. Lehman 95-122
Formal Models of Cultural Analogy: Zande Social TransitionsAbstract PDF
Stephen David Siemens 123-142
Starlings and Other Critters: Simulating SocietyAbstract PDF
David B. Kronenfeld, Andrea Kaus 143-174
Sacrificing Reproductive Success for the Primitive Accumulation of CattleAbstract PDF
Duran Bell, Shufeng Song 175-184
Sacrificing Reality for the Primitive Accumulation of Models: A Comment on Bell and SongAbstract PDF
Lee Cronk 185-190

Replies

Reply to Lee CronkDetails PDF
Duran Bell, Shunfeng Song 191-192

Articles

Personal Fitness, Altruism, and the Ontology of Game TheoryAbstract PDF
Gregory B. Pollock 193-210
Projectile Point Morphology: A Note on the Golden SectionAbstract PDF
J. Walter Lynch, Richard J. Hathaway 211-220
Statistical Sampling, Estimation, and Analytic Procedures in ArchaeologyAbstract PDF
Jack D. Nance 221-248
Fit of Some Models to Red Deer Dominance DataAbstract PDF
John M. Roberts Jr 249-258
Introduction (Vol 4, No 4)Details PDF
Cynthia M. Webster 260
Cultural Domain AnalysisAbstract PDF
Stephen P. Borgatti 261-278
Consensus in the Judgment of Personality Traits among Friends and AcquaintancesAbstract PDF
Anita L. Iannucci, A. Kimball Romney 279-296
Ranking Versus Ratings in Social Networks: Theory and PraxisAbstract PDF
Lynn Eudey, Jeffrey C. Johnson, Edie Schade 297-312
Data Type: A Comparison of Observational and Cognitive MeasuresAbstract PDF
Cynthia Webster 313-328

Vol 3, No 1 - 4 (1991-1993)

Articles

Mathematical Models of Pastoral Production and Herd Composition in Traditional Andean HerdsAbstract PDF
Lawrence A. Kuznar 1-18
The Power Struggle in a Chinese Community, 1950-1980: A Social Network Analysis of the Duality of Actors and EventsAbstract PDF
Thomas Schweizer 19-44
Barbier's Theorem and Megalithic Ring DistortionAbstract PDF
Thaddeus M. Cowan 45-52
Projectile Point Measurement and Classification Using Digital Image ProcessingAbstract PDF
Gregory H. Henton, Stephen R. Durland 53-82
Estimating Ring Loss on Tree-Ring Specimens from East-Central Arizona: Implications for Prehistoric Pueblo Growth at Grasshopper RuinAbstract PDF
Michael W. Graves 83-115
Numerical Methods for Bayesian Ratings from Paired ComparisonsAbstract PDF
John P. Boyd 117-134
Ordination and Seriation of Nominal Data Matrices on Apple and MS-DOS Personal Computers: The Rozoy Numerical Ordination and Seriation Program PackageAbstract PDF
R. G. Rozoy, J. Bennink, R. R. Newell, T. S. Constandse-Westermann 135-158
Crossing Malthusian Boundaries: Evolutionary Stability in the Finitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma*Abstract PDF
Gregory B. Pollock 159-180
On Weighting Edges With Respect to Given PrestigeAbstract PDF
John M. Roberts Jr 181-194
Consistency and Consensus: A ReplicationAbstract PDF
Devon D. Brewer, A. Kimball Romney, William H. Batchelder 195-205
Occupations and Ritual in Contemporary EgyptAbstract PDF
Karen Paige Ericksen, Robert W. Hodge 207-228
Three Formal Theories of Cultural AnalogyAbstract PDF
Stephen David Siemens 229-250
Reciprocity as a Generating Process in Social RelationsAbstract PDF
Duran Bell 251-260
Chemical Homogeneity and Representativeness of Prehistoric Pottery Sherds Relative to Their AssemblageAbstract PDF
A Stein, M L Van Der Plas, P W Van Den Broeke, L Van Der Plas 261-277
A Caveat on the Use of the Quadratic Assignment ProcedureAbstract PDF
David Krackhardt 279-296
Settlement Size and Demographic Inferences:A Structural ApproachAbstract PDF
Ralf Uerkvitz 297-324
Mixture Models for Investigating Complex DistributionsAbstract PDF
Jay D. Pearson, Christopher H. Morrell, Larry J. Brant 325-346
Measuring Precision of Three-Dimensional Landmark DataAbstract PDF
Brian D. Corner, Subhash Lele, Joan T. Richtsmeier 347-360

Replies

On Siemens' 'Three Formal Theories of Cultural Analogy'Details PDF
Sheldon Klein 361-364
Reply to S. KleinDetails PDF
Stephen David Siemens 365-368

Vol 2, No 1 - 4 (1990)

Articles

How Random is Random: Searching for Patterns in Point DistributionsAbstract PDF
Mike Fletcher, Gary Lock 1-16
Growth and Process in a Lineage-Based Social TechnologyAbstract PDF
Duran Bell, Shunfeng Song 17-46
The Interpretation of r Verses r² or Why Percent of Variance Accounted for is a Poor Measure of Size of Effect*Abstract PDF
Roy D'Andrade, Jon Dart 47-60
Statistical Issues in the Analysis of Dominance Hierarchies in Animal SocietiesAbstract PDF
Geoffrey J. Iverson, Donald Stone Sade 61-84
Systat and Sygraph: Formidable Statictical and Graphics Software for the Formative UserAbstract PDF
Kenneth Hirth, Berle Clay, John Curry, John Van Willigan 85-90
Estimation and Detection of Heterogeneity in Childless FamiliesAbstract PDF
Ranajit Chakraborty 91-108
Reliability in Comparative and Ethnographic Observations: The Example of High Inference Father-Child Interaction MeasuresAbstract PDF
Douglas R. White 109-150
The Optimal Matching Method for Studying Anthropological Sequence Data: An Introduction and Reliability AnalysisAbstract PDF
John Forrest, Andrew Abbott 151-170
PC-MINITAB for AnthropologistsAbstract PDF
Marc R. Feldesman 171-177
Modern and Ancient Maize Fragments: An Experiment in VariabilityAbstract PDF
Sissel Johannessen, Susan Goette, Christine A. Hastorf 179-200
Information Flow in Social NetworksAbstract PDF
Gene Ann Shelley, H. Russell Bernard, Peter D. Killworth 201-226
Fertility Patterns in a Bastardy-Prone Sub-societyAbstract PDF
Alice V. James, Warren T. Morril 227-242
Characteristics of Bridewealth Under Restricted ExchangeAbstract PDF
Duran Bell, Shufeng Song 243-256
A Simulation Approach to Recovering Archaeologically Meaningful LevelsAbstract PDF
Todd A. Koetje 257-280
Introduction (Vol 2, No 4)Abstract PDF
Dwight W. Read 281-287
Consensus on Semiotic Models of Alphabetic SystemsAbstract PDF
Kimberly Jameson, A. Kimball Romney 289-304
Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to the Analysis of Anthropological Data: A New SynthesisAbstract PDF
Clifford A. Behrens 305-328
Hard Work versus Patience: Simulation of Fishing Strategies in Nova Scotian Herring Purse SeiningAbstract PDF
John B Gatewood, Pamela M Mace 329-352
KAES: An Expert System for the Algebraic Analysis of Kinship TerminologiesAbstract PDF
Dwight W Read, Clifford A Behrens 353-393

Vol 1, No 1 - 4 (1989)

Editorial

EditorialDetails PDF
Jeffrey C. Johnson

Introduction

IntroductionDetails PDF
Jeffrey C. Johnson, Christopher Carr, Malcolm M. Dow, James Wood

Articles

Statistical Methods and Reasoning in Archaeological Research: A Review of Praxis and PromiseAbstract PDF
Dwight W. Read 5-78
A Survey of Human BiodemographyAbstract PDF
Kenneth M. Weiss 79-151
Quantitative Models, Science and Cumulative Knowledge*Abstract PDF
A. Kimball Romney 153-223
How Humans See Social Groups: A Test of the Sailer-Gaulin Models*Abstract PDF
Linton C. Freeman, Sue C. Freeman, Alaina G. Michaelson 229-238
Confirmatory Spatial Modeling by Regressions of a Poisson VariableAbstract PDF
Mark Stiger, Richard McCleary 239-259
Family Size Distribution and Correlation Between the Number of Boys and Girls in Families of Variable SizesAbstract PDF
Ranajit Chakraborty 261-277
Partitioning Political Actor Networks: Some Quantitative Tools for Analyzing Qualitative NetworksAbstract PDF
Patrick Doreian, Louis H. Albert 279-291
Procrustes Analysis of Individual Configurations:Pattern and Axes SimilaritiesAbstract PDF
Robert A. Benfer, Louanna Furbee 293-308
Time Allocation Research and Aspects of Method in Cross-Cultural ComparisonAbstract PDF
Allen Johnson, Clifford Behrens 313-334
Categorical Analysis of Cross-Cultural Survey Data: Effects of Clustering on Chi-Square Tests*Abstract PDF
Malcolm M. Dow 335-352
Reliability and Inference in the Cross-Cultural Coding ProcessAbstract PDF
Candice Bradley 353-371
The Logic of the Comparative Method and The Algebra of LogicAbstract PDF
Charles Ragin 373-398

Book Reviews

Eugene S. Edgington, "Randomization Tests" -- Lawrence J. Hubert, "Assignment Methods in Combinatorial Data Analysis"Details PDF
Clifford A. Behrens 399-404