zhgarfield/chaburankingsdata

Peer-ranked Data on Psycho-Social Traits From a Chabu Community # chaburankingsdata 📦 Peer-Ranked Traits and Conflict Resolution in a Small-Scale Society Collected as part of the Chabu Leadership Study (2016) --- ## Overview This R package provides structured data from a 2016 study on leadership, social traits, and conflict resolution among the Chabu—a small-scale society in Southwest Ethiopia. The data include peer rankings of community members across various traits (e.g., intelligence, prosociality, aggression) and conflict resolution ability. --- ## Included Datasets ### `chaburankingsdata` A **wide-format** dataset where each column corresponds to a rater's ranking of individuals on a specific trait. The column names encode: **Trait_Gender_RaterID_RaterGender** | Column Example | Meaning | |----------------------------|--------------------------------------| | `respect_m_rater1_male` | Rankings of men on "respect" by male Rater 1 | | `conflict_f_rater5_female` | Rankings of women on "conflict" by female Rater 5 | | `prosocial_m_rater7_male` | Rankings of men on "prosociality" by male Rater 7 | Each column contains **participant IDs ordered by ranking** (1 = highest rank). This format can be reshaped to long format using `tidyverse::pivot_longer()` for modeling. --- ### `chaburankingsmetadata` A metadata file for participants, including demographic and physical characteristics. | Variable | Description | |-------------------|---------------------------------------| | `id` | Participant ID (matches ranking columns) | | `sex` | Participant sex (`"male"` / `"female"`) | | `age_estimated` | Age in years (estimated) | | `age_category` | Categorical age group (e.g., young adult, adult, elder) | | `height` | Height in cm | | `grip_RH` | Grip strength (right hand) | | `grip_LH` | Grip strength (left hand) | These metad …