Games in culture revisited: a replication and extension of roberts, arth, and bush (1959)

Games of chance will be related to games of physical skill (195-196).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Yule’s Q	Supported	p<.005	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Games Of Chance	Association	Games
Games Of Physical Skill	Association	Games

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Roberts, John M.	1959	"There . . . appears to be a relationship between the presence or absence of games of chance and the number of games of physical skill. Societies having 5 or more games of physical skill frequently have games of chance" (604)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barry III, Herbert	1972	"In later infancy the association [between bodily restrictiveness and games of chance] . . . is statistically significant only for the world sample" (300)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barry III, Herbert	1972	"Societies with games of physical skill and games of chance tend to have a variable rather than constant supply of food resources, intercommunity food for trade, storage of food, and land transport by animals or vehicles rather than humans" (302)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barry III, Herbert	1972	"Bodily contact is a measure of the proportion of the day when the baby is held or carried by caretakers. . . . It is negatively associated with games of chance both in the early and later stage of infancy for the world sample" (300)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1962	"Games of physical skill [physical skill only or physical skill and strategy jointly] . . . show significant relationships with reward for achievement . . ." (174)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author