Political complexity and village community:  test of an hypothesis

". . . the number of political offices in a village community would be equal to or greater than the number of jurisdictional levels in it" (47)

This hypothesis was not supported in a collapsed table.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of raw scores	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Intra-community Jurisdictional Levels	`UNKNOWN`	Community
Intra-community Offices	`UNKNOWN`	Community, Community Structure

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Befu, Harumi	1966	"As the political complexity of a society as a whole increases, so does the number of political offices within its constituent communities" (43)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Befu, Harumi	1966	". . . increasing political complexity at higher levels [will] entail more . . . delegation of authority and increased delegation of authority [will] be handled by creating new administrative levels within the village" (47)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Swanson, Guy E.	1978	The number of jurisdictional levels and the type of decision-making will be associated with possession trance (273).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Swanson, Guy E.	1978	Controlling for sustenance from hunting and fishing, the number of jurisdictional levels will be related to trance (270).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1975	Inbreeding theory suggests that less politically integrated communities are less likely to permit first cousin marriage than more politically integrated communities.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author