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Contruction of the Cultural Homogeneity in VC Dataset (view source)
Revision as of 19:18, 2 August 2009
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This page details the (currently 1st draft version) construction of the Cultural Homogenteity in Venture Capital Data. This data is posted for reference (and debate) by project members. The choices made in constraints, variables, processing, and so forth are often arbitrary and will no doubt be changed as the project progresses.
==Constraints on Retrieved Data==
==Retrieved Data by VentureXpert Perspective==
The data was processed by the [[Normalizer.pl]] perl script to produce 3rd normal form relational database tables. In the case of executive titles this was problematic and required rekeying in the database.
===Portfolio Companies===
*Executives (both Company and Fund executives) have multiple job titles - the first listed title was taken (requires rekeying)
*Executive Name Prefixes were parsed for Dr and Ms (recorded as binary codes)
*Anglicized First Names and genders were (incompletely) identified using the [[SSA Baby Names | U.S. Social Security Administration Baby Names list]]
*The Company and fund zip codes were standardized to 5 digits
*Anglicized First Names Companies must not have null or "Undisclosed" names*Funds must not be named "Undisclosed Fund" and genders were must have participated in a round in the period of interest (incompletely) identified using the [[SSA Baby Names | Ui.Se. Social Security Administration Baby Names list]]within the constraint on date of first investment on companies)
