Distributions of personnel in units
name: | unit_sizes |
path: | unit_sizes.csv |
format: | csv |
Distributions of the number of personnel per unit (e.g. regiment,
Using the distribution of personnel per regiment from Livermore’s (1900) examples of regiment sizes, and the table of units in Eicher and Eicher (2002), this data is the distribution of personnel in each type of unit (company, regiment, brigade, division, corps, army, etc.).
See the source for the details of how this data was simuated.
This data is used for estimates of strenghts in battles when the source gives only the number and types of units (e.g. Clodfelter (2008) battle data: forces, CWSAC Report (1993) battle data: forces, CWSAC Report Updates battle data: force strengths).
Sources: [jrnold], [eicher2002civil], [Livermore1900]
Schema
belligerent |
string |
belligerent |
unit_type |
string |
unit_type |
mean |
number |
mean |
sd |
number |
sd |
p025 |
number |
p025 |
p25 |
number |
p25 |
median |
number |
median |
p75 |
number |
p75 |
p975 |
number |
p975 |
belligerent
title: | belligerent |
type: | string |
format: | default |
unit_type
title: | unit_type |
type: | string |
format: | default |
mean
title: | mean |
type: | number |
format: | default |
sd
title: | sd |
type: | number |
format: | default |
p025
title: | p025 |
type: | number |
format: | default |
p25
title: | p25 |
type: | number |
format: | default |
p75
title: | p75 |
type: | number |
format: | default |
p975
title: | p975 |
type: | number |
format: | default |