A Scale for Markets and Property in the Societies of the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample: a Linear Pr...

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" A Scale for Markets and Property in the Societies of the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample: a Linear Programming Approach. "
Eff, E. Anthon

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	937641
Doc. No	:	LA12k7z4st
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Eff, E. Anthon
Title & Author	:	A Scale for Markets and Property in the Societies of the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample: a Linear Programming Approach. [Article]\ Eff, E. Anthon
Title of Periodical	:	World Cultures eJournal
Volume/ Issue Number	:	17/2
Date	:	2010
Abstract	:	Cross-cultural researchers often combine several component variables into a composite index or “scale.” The value of a scale for a particular observation is sensitive not only to the values of its component variables, but also to the values of the weights used to combine the components. This sensitivity to weight values is unfortunate, given that the choice of weighting scheme is in some ways arbitrary. A method is presented here, based on linear programming, which reduces the sensitivity of a scale to the component weights. An example scale is produced, for the prevalence of markets and property rights in the societies of the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample. A program, written for GAMS, is included.