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)
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## 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.
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## 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.
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### `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 …