Military organization as a response to residence and size of population: a cross-cultural study

"Large societies are more likely to have professional military organizations than are small societies" (275).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.005	.50	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Military Organization	Dependent	Military Organization
Population Size	Independent	Population

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Carter, Jr., Harold	1977	"Among societies with virilocal/patrilocal residence, large societies are more likely to have a professional military organization than are small societies" (276).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carter, Jr., Harold	1977	"Societies with uxorilocal residence and/or large societies are more likely to have a professional military organization than are small societies with virilocal/patrilocal residence" (278).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carter, Jr., Harold	1977	"Societies with uxorilocal/matrilocal residence are more likely to have a professional military organization than societies with virilocal/patrilocal residence" (275).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carter, Jr., Harold	1977	"Among small societies, those with uxorilocal/matrilocal residence are more likely to have a professional military organization than are societies with virilocal/patrilocal residence" (276).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carter, Jr., Harold	1977	"Societies with uxorilocal/matrilocal residence are more likely to have a high frequency of external warfare than societies with virilocal/patrilocal residence" (275).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author