Possession

Possession-trance belief will be associated with jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local level; possession-belief-only will not (43).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Jurisdictional Hierarchy	Independent	Territorial Hierarchy
Possession	Dependent	Ecstatic Religious Practices, Revelation And Divination

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Wood, Conner P.	2018	Complex, hierarchical societies are correlated with the presence of female-dominated possession trance.	Supported	7	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-belief-only will be associated with nomadism; possession-trance belief will be associated with sedentarism (43).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-trance belief will be associated with class structure or slavery; possession-belief only will not (44).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1973	Levels of jurisdictional hierarchy will vary according to world region (48).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1971	"The more elaborate the jurisdictional hierarchy, the more likely riddles" (515)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author