ABSTRACT
IN CHAPTER XVII the method and procedure of obtaining the data of this study were described at some length, but methods of analyzing the data were not discussed. The problem of analysis proved to be the more difficult of the two. The questions the investigators were asking of their data, more particularly of the observation material, can be stated as follows: Do we have here just so many “individuals,” or are they related to one another in such a way that they form a group or configuration? If they do form a configuration, how are they differen-tiated from or integrated with other groups? In short, do we have here evidences of social organization? Clearly, the method of analyzing the data had to be designed to bring out whatever evidences of social organization there might be. The procedure adopted may be summarized briefly.
