Revisiting population size vs. phoneme inventory size

Higher population sizes are correlated with a higher number of consonants in a language.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Hierarchical Mixed-Effects Model	Not supported	p>.05	effect size = .0091	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Size	Independent	Population
Number of consonants	Dependent	Phonology

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Moran, Steven	2012	Higher population sizes are correlated with a higher number of obstruent consonants in a language.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Moran, Steven	2012	Higher population sizes are correlated with a higher number of sonorant consonants in a language.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hay, Jennifer	2007	Population size will be positively correlated with the number of obstruents, the number of sonorants, overall consonants, and overall phoneme inventory sizes.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Moran, Steven	2012	Higher population sizes are correlated with a higher number of phonemes in a language.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Moran, Steven	2012	Higher population sizes are correlated with a higher number of vowels in a language.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author