On a method of investigating the development of institutions:  applied to laws of marriage and descent

"A relation appears between . . . avoidance customs . . . and . . . residence after marriage" (2)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of raw scores	Supported	Not Applicable	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Avoidance	`UNKNOWN`	Parents-in-law And Children-in-law
Residence After Marriage	`UNKNOWN`	Residence

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Tylor, Edward B.	1961	"Teknonymy [is] in close connection with the custom of the husband's residence in the wife's family [and is] still more closely attached to the practice of ceremonial avoidance by the husband of the wife's family" (4)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sweetser, Dorrian Apple	1966	"Residence proved to be unrelated to avoidance [of parents-in-law] by either husband or wife" (313)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1971	"Tylor advanced the plausible hypothesis that mother-in-law avoidance should be highly correlated with matrilocal residence" (366)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Witkowski, Stanley	1972	Father-in-law/daughter-in-law avoidance should be more likely to occur where there is household co-residence (243, 250)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Witkowski, Stanley	1972	"The residential proximity hypothesis suggests that institutionalized avoidance practices should be more likely to occur when the avoiding parties are living in the same household than when they are just living in the same community." [Mother-in-law/son-in-law avoidance increases with the degree of household co-residence] (249)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author