Let's go fishing: A quantitative analysis of subsistence choices with a special focus on mixed economies among small-scale societies
PLoS ONE • Vol/Iss. 16(8) • Public Library of Science • San Francisco • Published In • Pages: e0254539 •
By Ahedo, Virginia, Zurro, Débora, Carro, Jorge, Galán, José Manuel
Hypothesis
There will be an association between specific economic choices and certain ecosystems.
Note
The main method of testing was a supervised machine learning method called random forest. 100 datasets were imputed with random forest and group variable importance was analyzed. Ecological variables had the highest average values, with a mean importance of over 0.15.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANOVA | Supported | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | One-tailed |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | Dependent | Diet, Tillage |
| Animal Husbandry | Dependent | Dairying, Diet, Domesticated Animals |
| Ecology | Independent | Climate, Fauna, Flora |
| Demography | Dependent | Population, Settlement Patterns, Territorial Hierarchy |