Pausanias Analysis

Connectedness feature reference

Mean Figure Ubiquity

The average number of places associated with each mythic figure at the focal place.

Stored model field: figure_mean_ubiquity

-0.532standardized coefficient
Does not survivecurrent direction
255observations summarized
Figures and their reachfeature group

How It Is Calculated

For every focal-place figure, count its distinct associated places across the network and take the arithmetic mean; use zero when the place has no figures.

What a higher value means

The place's typical figure appears across more places.

Important qualification. A mean can obscure a mixture of very local and very widespread figures; compare it with the maximum and exclusive-figure count.

Current Model Cohort

These descriptive statistics use the current labelled cohort after aliases have been collapsed to one row per MANTO place.

GroupN MinimumQ1 MedianMean Q3Maximum
All labelled places2550.0000.0000.0007.6768.00085.000
Survives2040.0000.0000.0007.2687.50085.000
Does not survive510.0000.0000.0009.3088.62577.000

Examples from the Current Data

Examples are descriptive checks on the calculated feature. Their outcome labels report what Pausanias says; they do not establish that the feature caused survival or abandonment.

Examples with high recorded values

PlaceMANTO ID ValuePausanias reports
🌍 Alalcomenai (Boiotia)974629085.000Survives
🌍 Heracleia (alt. Trachis)1130861077.000Does not survive
🌍 Messene (Messenia)935695577.000Survives
🌍 Pylos (Triphylia)1128894877.000Survives
🌍 Chersonesos (Tauris)1130517457.000Survives
🌍 Coroneia (Thessaly)1130738056.000Survives

Examples with low recorded values

PlaceMANTO ID ValuePausanias reports
🌍 Abai (Phocis)102746870.000Survives
🌍 Abia (Messenia)101135050.000Survives
🌍 Acacesion (Arcadia)101261850.000Survives
🌍 Ace (Arcadia)102145170.000Survives
🌍 Acharnai (Attica)101530560.000Survives
🌍 Aegina (Epidauria)113081850.000Survives

Interpretation in the Predictive Model

Its current standardized coefficient is -0.532, pointing toward does not survive. This means that a one-standard-deviation increase changes the fitted log odds in that direction while the other included features are held fixed.

Because the connectedness features are correlated and the model's out-of-fold performance is weak, this is a conditional associationβ€”not a standalone ranking, causal effect, or historical explanation.

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