Internal war: a cross-cultural study

American Anthropologist Vol/Iss. 70 Published In Pages: 277-289
By Otterbein, Keith F.

Hypothesis

". . . internal war will be found in uncentralized political systems characterized by fraternal interest groups; . . . the presence of fraternal interest groups in centralized political systems . . . should have no effect on the frequency of internal war . . ." (284)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Phi coefficientNot Supportedabove .10.27Two-tailed