Sovereign groups, subsistence activities, and the presence of a high god in primitive societies

Inertness of subsistence raw materials and number of sovereign groups will be associated with the presence of high gods (302).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Belief In High Gods	Dependent	`NONE`
Inertness Of Subsistence Raw Materials	Independent	Food Quest, Annual Cycle, Diet
Number Of Sovereign Groups	Independent	Territorial Hierarchy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Swanson, Guy E.	1960	". . . the greater the number of sovereign groups in excess of two, the more likely the high god will be active and even concerned with human morality" (78)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1987	Controlling on monotheism, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with gender bias (1127)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1987	Controlling on gender bias, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with monotheism (1127)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Peregrine, Peter N.	1996	The presence of monotheistic high gods will be more likely in societies with three or more types of sovereign groups ranked in hierarchical order (89).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Swanson, Guy E.	1960	"Cumulative scores which combine the number of sovereign groups in a society with the presence of unlegitimezed contacts, the size of the units of settlement, and the presence of sovereign kinship groups are related . . . to indicators of a belief in the immanence of the soul" (135-136)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author