household pigeon peas and chicks. Each village received two soccer balls during the Villages: annual visit. Other ways of compensating villages included giving them a map of their village, a book on local plant knowledge (), and booklets on the cultivation of pigeon peas (, ). Tsimane’ There was no annual compensation to the governing body of the but we Council: Tsimane’, helped them prepare documents for the government and project proposals, and supplied them with computers, printers, and maps of the territory. Tsimane’ A problem common with the successful implementation of panel studies is panel fatigue. Study participants get tired of answering the same questions year after year. This produced at least three outcomes. First, some refused to take part in some of the later surveys. Tsimane’ Second, expectations of payment for taking part in the surveys increased and made the panel costlier. Third, some study participants might have when asked about branching answered “no” questions because they knew that answering would lead to more questions. “yes” During our presence in the field the volume of research by the TAPS team, by other research teams, by development agencies, and by public agencies increased. The increased volume put a strain on the to monitor work in progress in the Tsimane’ Council’s ability Tsimane’ territory. The increasing volume of research among the led the Council to Tsimane’ Tsimane’ establish new formalized procedures for granting permission to work in the area. Through the new procedures they enhanced the transparency and accountability of researchers and organizations working in their territory. Furthermore, the frequent shifts in the leadership of the Council made it necessary for outsiders working in the area to re/communicate the Tsimane’ purpose and results of their activities to the Council. Tsimane’
household pigeon peas and chicks. Villages: Each village received two soccer balls during the annual visit. Other ways of compensating villages included giving them a map of their village, a book on local plant knowledge (), and booklets on the cultivation of pigeon peas (, ). Tsimane’ Council: There was no annual compensation to the governing body of the Tsimane’, but we helped them prepare documents for the government and project proposals, and supplied them with computers, printers, and maps of the Tsimane’ territory. A problem common with the successful implementation of panel studies is panel fatigue. Study participants get tired of answering the same questions year after year. This produced at least three outcomes. First, some Tsimane’ refused to take part in some of the later surveys. Second, expectations of payment for taking part in the surveys increased and made the panel costlier. Third, some study participants might have answered “no” when asked about branching questions because they knew that answering “yes” would lead to more questions. During our presence in the field the volume of research by the TAPS team, by other research teams, by development agencies, and by public agencies increased. The increased volume put a strain on the Tsimane’ Council’s ability to monitor work in progress in the Tsimane’ territory. The increasing volume of research among the Tsimane’ led the Tsimane’ Council to establish new formalized procedures for granting permission to work in the area. Through the new procedures they enhanced the transparency and accountability of researchers and organizations working in their territory. Furthermore, the frequent shifts in the leadership of the Tsimane’ Council made it necessary for outsiders working in the area to re/communicate the purpose and results of their activities to the Tsimane’ Council.
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