Social complexity is not strongly predictive of indiscriminate killing of wartime enemies in a cross-cultural sample

Measures of sociopolitical complexity are correlated with indiscriminate killing of enemies during war

Hypothesis suggests both a positive or negative correlation

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Multiple regression models	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Social Complexity	Independent	Administrative Agencies, Government Institutions, Population, Territorial Hierarchy, Territorial Organization
Killing of Enemies	Dependent	Offenses Against Life, Armed Forces, War, Aftermath Of Combat

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Otterbein, Keith F.	2000	The type of political system of a society will be positively associated with the killing or holding enemies captive (441)	`UNKNOWN`	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	1978	Marrying enemies is positively associated with men's fear of women and heterosexual sex (658).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	2007	In a multiple regression, father-infant sleeping distance will be associated with warfare frequency, marrying enemies, and polygyny (108).	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	2007	In a multiple regression including non-sororal polygyny and marrying enemies as predictors, pathogen stress will not be significantly related to father-infant sleeping distance (108).	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Eckhardt, William	1975	Sadism (killing, torturing or mutilating the enemy), the fourth primitive militarism variable, was most strongly related to sexual repression, narcissism, and technological development (58-60).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author