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