Writing culture reliably: The analysis of high-concordance codes

Although ethnography has traditionally been regarded as high in validity, t he assessment of reliability in anthropological field research is very diff icult. Fortunately, forms of systematic data collection exist that lend the mselves both to reliability testing and replication. The analysis of cultur e in terms of the high-concordance codes that compose systemic culture patt erns is a way to generate reliable data and replicable studies. (High-conco rdance codes, systemic culture patterns, cultural consensus analysis, cultu re theory, reliability).