The birth of the gods; the origin of primitive beliefs

"Monotheism is positively related to the presence of a hierarchy of three or more sovereign groups in a society" (81)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Coefficient of contingency	Supported	p<.001	.81	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Monotheism	Dependent	Spirits And Gods
Three Or More Sovereign Groups	Independent	Sodalities

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Swanson, Guy E.	1975	Number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with monotheism (867-8).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1987	Controlling on monotheism, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with gender bias (1127)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1987	Controlling on gender bias, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with monotheism (1127)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1987	Controlling on sovereign groups, monotheism correlation with gender bias will be significantly reduced	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Peregrine, Peter N.	1996	The presence of monotheistic high gods will be more likely in societies with three or more types of sovereign groups ranked in hierarchical order (89).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author