(a)
the application of consensus analysis to obtain measures of cultural competence in ethno-botanical knowledge Ethnobotanical Knowledge Shared Widely Among Tsimane’ Amerindians, Bolivia. 2003.

(b) the use of a randomized experimental research design to assess the impact of a new farm technology and to assess the impact of changes in income on social capital and health Experimental study

(c) the use of bio-markers to measure stress
McDade TW, Leonard WR, Burhop J, Reyes-Garcia V, Vadez V, Huanca T, Godoy RA. 2005. Predictors of C-reactive protein in Tsimane’ 2-15 year-olds in lowland Bolivia. Am J Phys Anthro

(d) validation of surveys to assess household deforestation Validity of self-reports to measure deforestation

(e) development of methods to measure different dimensions of ethno-botanical knowledge Market Economy and the Loss of Folk Knowledge of Plant Uses

(f) the use of experiments with rewards to elicit rates of private time preference
Covariates of Private Time Preference
Tenure security, private time preference
Patience in a foraging-horticultural society

(g) the use of instrumental variables to estimate the effects of empowerment on own nutritional status Spousal empowerment and nutritional status among native Amazonians. , and secular trends in adult physical stature Physical stature of adult Tsimane’ Amerindians

(h) methods to measure emotions Does village inequality in modern income harm the psyche?
Do smiles have a face value?

(i) Assessing the reliability of self-reports of parental attributes Can We Trust an Adult‘s Estimate of Parental School Attainment?



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