Global, regional, and local network autocorrelation in the standard cross-cultural sample

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-171

  Dow, Malcolm M ^a   Eff, E Anthon ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural trait transmission; Ecological constraint; Galton's Problem; Network autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549096004     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397107311186     Document Type: Article

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