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Notes on academic degrees and education in Nigeria

File contains research notes on the history of schools and public education in Nigeria. Comparisons are made between British and Nigerian degree systems. File also includes correspondence between researchers and the Nigerian Consulate in New York regarding Nigerian schooling and the place of women therein.

Statistical data on education in Nigeria

File contains three booklet reports on aspects of Nigerian education. Titles are "Investment in education: the report of the commission on post-school certificate and higher education in Nigeria" (1960), "The Nigerian Association of University Women survey of women's education in western Nigeria" (1963), and "Ministry of Economic Planning and Community Development annual abstract of education statistics" (1961)."

Reliability analysis between psychiatrists

File contains an appendix (Appendix F) outlining procedures in comparing psychiatric evaluators' thought processes and conclusions surrounding the mental health of respondents of the Cornell-Aro study. File also includes information on analysis coding and a chart outlining mental health symptom statistics.

Native conceptions of disease

File contains notes on psychiatric symptoms and diseases present in Nigerian respondents, and on the respondents' beliefs regarding illness. Also contains notes between researchers sharing thoughts and findings. File also includes Jane Murphy's field notes from discussions of disease with respondents. File also contains a copy of the study "The psychiatric examination of native African patients" by Edward L. Margetts.

Analysis of hemoglobin data

File contains notes on medical data relevant to hemoglobin. Includes lists of Sahli percentages and charts comparing averages. Also includes a memo regarding summary data from random village hemoglobin samples.

Effect of culture and cultural patterns

File contains notes on village data, socioeconomic information, and psychiatric symptom statistics. File also includes a letter to Alex (Leighton?) from Ray (?) on the subject of sampling techniques and a further study on the role of physical depletions in the etiology of Yoruba psychiatric disturbances.

Respondents' resistance to interviews

File contains notes on respondents who showed resistance during their interviews. Resisters' responses, actions, and symptoms are listed. File also includes letters between Alexander Leighton and Veronica Shaw discussing how to process resisters' interviews and comparing psychiatrists' evaluations of their responses.
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