National motives and psychogenic death rates

Science Vol/Iss. 161 Published In Pages: 1260
By Lester, David

Hypothesis

The incidence of homicide will be associated with the need for achievement and the need for power (161).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman’s rank-order correlationNot SupportedNot Significantrho = -.16 (achievement), rho = .10 (power)One-tailed