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Scales and Scal<strong>in</strong>g 325<br />

TABLE 12.2a<br />

Carneiro’s Matrix Show<strong>in</strong>g the Presence () or Absence () of 11 Culture Traits<br />

among 12 Societies. The Order of Both the Traits and the Societies Is Random.<br />

Society 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />

Political leader has considerable<br />

authority <br />

Sumptuary laws <br />

Headman, chief, or k<strong>in</strong>g <br />

Surplus of food regularly produced<br />

<br />

Trade between communities <br />

Ruler grants audiences <br />

Special religious practitioners <br />

Paved streets <br />

Agriculture provides 75% of<br />

subsistence <br />

Full-time service specialists <br />

Settlements 100 persons <br />

Societies: 1 Iroquois, 2 Marquesans, 3 Tasmanians, 4 Yahgan, 5 Dahomey, 6, Mundurucú, 7 Ao Naga, 8 Inca,<br />

9 Semang, 10 Tanala, 11 Vedda, 12 Bontoc<br />

SOURCE: A Handbook of <strong>Method</strong> <strong>in</strong> Cultural <strong>Anthropology</strong> by Raoul Naroll and Ronald Cohen, eds., copyright<br />

1970 by Raoul Naroll and Ronald Cohen. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random<br />

House, Inc.<br />

TABLE 12.2b<br />

The Data <strong>in</strong> Table 12.2a Rearranged: The Data Form a Perfect Guttman Scale<br />

Society 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />

Paved streets <br />

Sumptuary laws <br />

Full-time service specialists <br />

Ruler grants audiences <br />

Political leader has considerable<br />

authority <br />

Surplus of food regularly produced<br />

<br />

Agriculture provides 75% of<br />

subsistence <br />

Settlements 100 persons <br />

Headman, chief, or k<strong>in</strong>g <br />

Trade between communities <br />

Special religious practitioners <br />

Societies: 1 Tasmanians, 2 Semang, 3 Yahgan, 4 Vedda, 5 Mundurucú, 6 Ao Naga, 7 Bontoc, 8 Iroquis, 9 Tanala,<br />

10 Marquesans, 11 Dahomey, 12 Inca

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