The scaling of gaming: skill, strategy, and chance

Social complexity will be positively related to game complexity (290).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.001	.354	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Game Complexity	Dependent	Games
Social Complexity	Independent	Classes, Territorial Hierarchy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ball, Donald W.	1972	Social organization variables will be positively related to game complexity (287).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Silver, Burton B.	1978	Political complexity will be positively associated with the presence of complex games (97).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Silver, Burton B.	1978	In societies of high political complexity, complex games will be postively associated with religious differentiation, demographic complexity, and external threat, and negatively associated with social differentiation (97).	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ball, Donald W.	1972	Occupational specialization will be positively related to game complexity (289).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Silver, Burton B.	1978	In societies of low political complexity, complex games will be positively associated with demographic complexity and negatively associated with religious differentiation (97).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author