Social structure and games: a cross-cultural analysis of the structural correlates of game complexity

Political complexity will be positively associated with the presence of complex games (97).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
multiple regression	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	standarized beta = .69	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Games	Dependent	Games
Political Complexity	Independent	Community Heads, Territorial Hierarchy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
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
Chick, Garry	1998	Games of strategy will be related to social complexity (195).	Supported	3	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
Roberts, John M.	1959	"[There is a] relationship between games of strategy and social complexity . . ." (601)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1963	"The strategic mode of competition tends to be modeled in the folk tales of tribes which are politically complex" (193)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author