scholarly journals Guttman Scale Analysis and Its Use to Explain Cultural Evolution and Social Change

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle Forrester
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Guttman Scale

scholarly journals Guttman Scale Analysis and its use to explain Cultural Evolution and Social Change

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle Forrester
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Cultural Traits ◽  
Universal Pattern

Guttman scale analysis is a very useful tool to understand the evolution of societies. It shows the accumulation of cultural traits throughout history in various societies and that those cultural traits were usually accumulated in the same order. The results of studies, by Robert Carneiro and others, shows the accumulation of cultural traits is not random and indicates a universal pattern in cultural evolution. The universal pattern is caused by increasing human knowledge of the environment we live in. Human societies usually acquire this knowledge in the same order, with easier discoveries concerning the natural world being made earlier than more complex discoveries. This means human social and cultural history, usually follows a particular course, a course that is determined by the structure of the human environment.

Mokken Scale Analysis: Discussion and Application

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 672-695
Author(s):  
Thomas DeVaney
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Mokken Scale Analysis ◽  
Irt Models ◽  
Guttman Scaling

This article presents a discussion and illustration of Mokken scale analysis (MSA), a nonparametric form of item response theory (IRT), in relation to common IRT models such as Rasch and Guttman scaling. The procedure can be used for dichotomous and ordinal polytomous data commonly used with questionnaires. The assumptions of MSA are discussed as well as characteristics that differentiate a Mokken scale from a Guttman scale. MSA is illustrated using the mokken package with R Studio and a data set that included over 3,340 responses to a modified version of the Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale. Issues addressed in the illustration include monotonicity, scalability, and invariant ordering. The R script for the illustration is included.

scholarly journals Guttman Scale Analysis of the Distance Vision Scale

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 4496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijaya K. Gothwal ◽  
Thomas A. Wright ◽  
Ecosse L. Lamoureux ◽  
Konrad Pesudovs
Keyword(s):  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
Distance Vision

Charismatiques et Socio-politiques dans l'Eglise catholique au Quebec

1978 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Reny ◽  
Jean Paul Rouleau
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
The Social ◽  
Close Relationship

This article presents some characteristics of the charismatic and socio-political movements which can be observed in Catho licism in Québec. The authors situate the emergence of these phenomena within the historical and social context of the country since 1960. They thus elucidete the close relationship which exists between the social change and the change in the expression of beliefs. The links which charismatic and socio-political movements appear to have with the cultural evolution of Quebec are such that the authors consider these phenomena as at least as important as the official endeavours of the religious organisation to restore a certain functionality to religion in this society.

scholarly journals PENGARUH OBJEK WISATA TASIKRIA TERHADAP PERUBAHAN SOSIAL MASYARAKAT DI DESA MOKUPA KECAMATAN TOMBARIRI

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1A) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Romelin M. Waha ◽  
Charles R. Ngangi ◽  
Ellen G. Tangkere
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Government Employee ◽  
The Government ◽  
One Year ◽  
Village Society

The objective of this research is to know the effect of social change especially attitude and social value to the decrease of Tasikria tourism object at Mokupa Village Tombariri Dictrict.The collecting has been conducted for one year, from December, 2014 to December, 2015. The obtained data are primary and decundary data. The primary data are obtained directly from the government at Mokupa Village, Tombariri Sub-Disctrit. The sampling uses purposive sampling chosen at Mokupa Village involving village society such as teacher, government employee, To know the effect of social change especially attitude, it uses Likert Scale Analysis. The research result showed that the effect of social change to tourism object at Mokupa Village Tombariri Sub-Dictrict was high based on attitude and social value of local society.*jnkd*

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