variables: Variables in the WNAI dataset.

In mnacamura/wnai: Western North American Indian Dataset

Description

Variables in the WNAI dataset.

Usage

wnai::variables

Format

A data frame with 429 variables (rows) and 5 attributes (columns):

id

D-PLACE-wide id for the variable

name

name of the variable

type

type of the variable, either categorical, ordinal, or continuous

categories

categories that can be assigned to the variable (comma separated)

definitions

definitions of terms used in the name column

Source

Jorgensen, J. G. (1980) Western Indians: Comparative Environments, Languages and Cultures of 172 Western American Indian Tribes. W. H. Freeman.

Jorgensen, J. G. (1999) Codebook for Western Indians data. World Cultures 10(2): 144-293.

The dataset in D-PLACE is imported from World Cultures CD-ROM (2011) using codes described in Jorgensen (1999).

mnacamura/wnai documentation built on July 9, 2020, 11:22 p.m.