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How does this community characterize data origins or originary forms? Where do they suggest that data comes from?

Friday, December 15, 2023 - 10:16am

“Generally, the table displays the form of involvement of certain companies in respective arms deliveries. Thus, every row of the table shows a different form of involvement and not necessarily a different arms delivery.”

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Through what social processes were the definitions for one count variable in the dataset agreed upon?

Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:30am

The colums are definitions like "company involvement" or "Contribution to Delivery", but these categories are constructed and can be questioned - what is involvement, what is a contribution?

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What is the unit of observation in this dataset? In this dataset, each row is a _____.

Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:21am

weapons sold are grouped into the rows

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For one measured variable in the dataset, according to what standards are things measured?

Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:20am

States are measured with GPS locations and displayed on a map

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What people or things that might not fit neatly into the categories in a categorical variable in the dataset?

Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:19am

The hierarchy of companies involved in selling arms is not transparent, this would need a seperate dataset.

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