The size of societies, stratification, and belief in high gods supportive of human morality

Society size will be positively associated with a belief in high gods supportive of human morality (74).

This test was conducted with Ethnographic Atlas data.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.001	r = .4987	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Belief In Moral High Gods	Dependent	Spirits And Gods
Society Size	Independent	Population

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Roes, Frans L.	1995	Stratification will be positively associated with a belief in high gods supportive of human morality (74).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Johnson, Dominic D.P.	2005	Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be larger (420).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roes, Frans L.	2003	Society size will be associated with a belief in moralizing gods (128).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roes, Frans L.	2009	Population growth is positively associated with a belief in moralizing bonds (70).	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Johnson, Dominic D.P.	2005	Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be more loyal to the local and wider community (421).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author