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Description & Citation--Study No. 5407

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:5407
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05407
 
Title:Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, 1809-1949
 
Principal Investigator(s):Lewis Fry Richardson
 
Bibliographic Citation:Richardson, Lewis Fry. STATISTICS OF DEADLY QUARRELS, 1809-1949 [Computer file]. ICPSR05407-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 196?.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study contains data on 779 dyadic fatal quarrels for the period 1809-1949. The study represents one of the earlier attempts at quantification of historical conflict behavior. A dyadic deadly quarrel is a situation involving a pair of opponents or belligerents which causes death to humans. Each quarrel is identified by its beginning date and magnitude. The magnitude of a quarrel is measured by the logarithm to the base 10 of the number of deaths. The range of magnitude of quarrels in this study is from 2.50 to 7.50, the latter representing the figure for nations involved in World War II. For each quarrel, the nominal variables include the type of quarrel, as well as political, cultural, and economic similarities and dissimilarities between the pair of combatants.
 
Subject Term(s):aggression, conflict, international affairs, nations, nineteenth century, twentieth century, violence, war
 
Geographic Coverage:Global
 
Time Period:1809 - 1949
 
Universe:A total of 779 dyadic, fatal quarrels in the period 1809-1949.
 
Data Type:event/transaction, and aggregate data
 

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-03
 

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