Notes on data sampling considerations in Nigeria
- MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 11
- File
- 1959 - 1960
File contains guidelines and suggestions for selecting diverse and unbiased data samples and determining the value of data collected.
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- MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 8
- File
- 1959
File contains documents relating to Alexander Leighton's 1959 trip to Nigeria. Includes a photograph, several bundles of research notes, schedules, graphic materials, and patient medical notes. Includes an article from the New York Times on the Nigerian election, and no. 10 of the Western Nigerian Illustrated quarterly publication featuring an article about psychiatric treatment at the Aro Hospital. Also includes an envelope labelled 'thought disorder pills' containing five spherical pills.
Occupation data for rural Yoruba sample
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 11
- File
- 1961
File contains notes and lists of Cornell-Aro study respondents' occupations. Also includes memoranda and notes on coding categories for occupational data and relevant ethnographic background information.
Demographic data on hospital patients
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 12
- File
- 1961
File consists of notes on the socioeconomic and demographic data of hospital patients.
Demographic data on Abeokuta residents
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 13
- File
- 1961
File consists of notes on the socioeconomic and demographic data of Abeokuta residents.
Reliability analysis between psychiatrists
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 14
- File
- [1961?]
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.
Psychiatric symptom patterns and disorders
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 15
- File
- 1961
File contains memoranda on psychiatric statistics and analyses and a guidebook for symptom evaluation information card coding. File also includes notes on psychiatric findings.
Combinations of major symptom patterns
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 16
- File
- 1961 - 1962
File contains notes and charts on the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and disorders and combinations of patterns in study respondents.
Miscellaneous analyses regarding psychiatric symptoms
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 17
- File
- 1961
File consists of notes on psychiatric conditions and symptoms found in Cornell-Aro study respondents. Data tables and analytical explanations accompany datasets and evaluations.
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 2
- File
- 1961
File contains notes on data processing and coding, medical findings, and psychiatric social data. Also includes correspondence between Dorothea Leighton and Alice Longaker regarding coding process and classification procedures.
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 3
- File
- 1961 - 1963
File contains notes on coding and writing corrections to be made to social data questionnaire cards.
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 4
- File
- 1961
File consists of a second draft of the handbook by Charles C. Hughes written as part of the Cornell-Aro study. File also contains a page of notes on indicators of disintegration.
David Macklin's notes on social science questionnaire data analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 5
- File
- 1961
File consists of notes on respondents' answers to the social data questionnaire, including statistics and thoughts on card organization and indices.
Mental health of native healers in 1961 sample
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 6
- File
- 1961
File consists of a page of notes on mental health statistics for native healers of the study villages in Nigeria.
Notes and marginals on social science questionnaire data
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 7
- File
- 1962
File contains notes on respondents' answers to the social science data questionnaire. Answers are compiled by question and percentages and coding notes are included.
Frequency analysis of psychiatric disorders by social variables (corrected copy of SP #40)
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 9
- File
- [196-]
File includes statistics on the socioeconomic statuses of Cornell-Aro study respondents and information for the psychiatrist's random sampling results.
Effect of culture and cultural patterns
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 1
- File
- 1961
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.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 10
- File
- 1962
File contains socioeconomic statistics surrounding interview "resisters" and calculations determining frequency of resistance.
T tests for differences between Nigerian 1961 sample and Stirling 1952 sample
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 11
- File
- 1962
File consists of pages of calculations determining the differences between male and female respondents and between the Nigerian and Stirling County data samples.
Analysis of variance for age, sex, and place of residence
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 13
- File
- 1961
File contains data tables and subsequent analyses of sex and age data for urban and rural respondents
Discussion by Macklin and Harding on Yoruba statistical analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 17
- File
- 1961 - 1964
File contains notes on and general questions about analysis of the Nigerian data samples. Also includes a draft summary of a discussion meeting with Jane Murphy, David Macklin, Veronica Shaw, and Laurel Hodden.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 18
- File
- 1961 - 1965
Files contains documents relating to the film "Mental Health Research in Nigeria" that was filmed during the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Included are memos discussing the film's production and release, notes on filming scenes, a brochure for Cornell's program in social psychiatry, film production and narration notes, comments from researchers, and letters between researchers, librarians, and contacts in the Nigerian government. File also includes a publication called "African film bibliography 1965" by the Committee of Fine Arts and the Humanities of the African Studies Association.
Respondents' resistance to interviews
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 2
- File
- 1961
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.
Extra copies of crucial tables (C - A analysis)
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 3
- File
- [196-]
File contains notes on and tables of psychiatric rating and impairment statistics. There is much comparison between Yoruba villages, Abeokuta, and Stirling County and analysis of respective physical and mental health symptoms and patterns.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 4
- File
- [196-]
File contains case summaries for two patients (labelled case I and cased III) with background information and physical and mental health summaries.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 5
- File
- [1961?]
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.
Use of hospital cases for cross-cultural problems
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 6
- File
- 1961
File consists of notes on cases from Aro Hospital. Topics include symptoms, cultural factors, symptom patterns, impairment, etc.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 7
- File
- 1961
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.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 8
- File
- [1961?]
File consists of medical data code for the psychiatric questionnaire.
Reliability between psychiatric and social data
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 9
- File
- 1961 - 1965
File contains a summary of reliability tests made by comparing psychiatric and social data protocols of the Cornell-Aro study. Also includes a memo regarding Jane Murphy's study on literacy, sociocultural chance, and mental illness in rural Yorubans.
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 11
- File
- [1964?]
File consists of datasets and charts related to study respondent demographic statistics.
Macklin's 1961 analysis of traditional - modern and integrated - disintegrated villages
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 14
- File
- 1961 - 1962
File consists of David Macklin's notes on individual and village acculturation and integration controlled on sex.
Murphy's 1964 analysis of characteristics of traditional and modern villages
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 15
- File
- 1960 - 1964
File contains notes on social and physical histories of several villages and criteria for distinguishing traditional from modern and integrated from disintegrated villages. Also contains charts compiling and comparing village data.
Uses of psychophysiological measures in cross-cultural psychiatric surveys / by Warren B. Miller
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 4
- File
- 1962 - 1963
File contains a draft of Warren Miller's study and several pages of related research notes. Also contains a memo regarding comments and proposed edits to the draft, and a letter to Miller from Laurel Hodgden regarding the study "Psychiatric disorder among the Yoruba."
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 5
- File
- 1962 - 1963
File contains documents relating to Taintor's study and two drafts of the full study text. Includes mental and physical health surveys and datasets, interview fieldnotes, and statistics and calculations. Also contains a letter from Laurel Hodgden regarding the usability of the data.
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 8
- File
- [196-]
File contains a research proposal for the project along with filled social data questionnaires and semantic differentials questionnaires. Also contains 8 photographs of Nigerian individuals.
Enlightenment data (includes residence in Big City and never used in Cornell-Aro book)
- MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 4
- File
- [196-]
File contains note on village enlightenment categories, tables of social data statistics, and code for enlightenment samples.
Notes on Stirling and Nigerian findings
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 11
- File
- [196-]
File contains tables, graphs, and charts comparing Nigerian and Stirling County data. Also contains notes and thoughts on analytics and data significance.
Length of residence in integrated and disintegrated communities
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 17
- File
File contains computer printout datasets, research notes, and statistical charts comparing information for male and female respondents in integrated and disintegrated communities.
Typology analysis for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 19
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File contains notes on RIDIT values and typology analysis for comparing Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains computer printout datasets and statistical charts.
Definition of typology for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 20
- File
- [1967?]
File contains notes on case classification definitions and criteria and computer dataset printouts of case typology statistics for Yoruba villages and Stirling County.
Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (sex, integration, and age)
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 6
- File
- [1966?]
File contains charts, datasets, and notes comparing age and sex statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County.
Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (RIDIT calculations)
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 8
- File
- [196-]
File contains charts comparing datasets and statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County. Also includes note on the 1961 to 1963 Nova Scotia re-survey sample and a memo regarding RIDITs for 1952 to 1962.
Yoruba-Stirling diagnostic analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 10
- File
File contains computer dataset printouts of Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains notes on data analysis and category criteria.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (east west centre analysis)
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 12
- File
File contains charts and datasets of age and sex characteristics for cross-cultural comparisons.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 notes)
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 13
- File
File contains notes on demographic, psychiatric, and social data for study respondents under 30.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 HOS analysis)
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 14
- File
File contains computer printouts and note on statistical analysis of data from the Nigerian, Stirling County, and Alaskan studies.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 15
- File
File contains notes on the prevalence of psychoneurotic depression across various cultures and regions of study.
Eskimo and Yoruba case vignettes for Alexander Leighton's APA paper on paranoid reaction
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 16
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File consists of individual psychiatric respondent case summaries from the Nigerian and Alaskan studies.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 18
- File
File contains research notes, respondent master lists, computer dataset printouts, and tables of statistics relating to respondent psychiatric data and symptoms.
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