The relationship between economic and political development in nonindustrialized societies

". . . [there is a positive] correlation between upper limit of community size differentiation of political authority" (239)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman’s rank-order correlation	Supported	p<.001	.80	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Community Size	Association	Population
Differentiation Of Political Authority	Association	Sociocultural Trends

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ember, Melvin	1963	"[There is a] relationship between relative importance of agriculture and differentiation of political authority" (240)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sheehan, Oliver	2023	There is a pattern of differentiation or unification of religious and political authorities over time.	Not Supported	3	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
Allen, Martin G.	1972	"Political integration, social stratification, size of community and class stratification are correlated with crime" (266)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Allen, Martin G.	1972	"Correlations for size of community and degree of political integration [with aggression] are negative but not significant" (266)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author