Scars for war: evaluating alternative signaling explanations for cross-cultural variance in ritual costs

Polygyny is positively associated with costly male rites.

Controlling on either subsistence or warfare frequencey, polgyny is not associated significantly with costly male rites.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
ANOVA	Not Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Male Rites, Costly	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Polygyny	Independent	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Sosis, Richard	2007	In polygynous societies, stratification is negatively associated with costly male rites.	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sosis, Richard	2007	Costly male rates are positively associated with external warfare.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1982	Polygyny is positively associated with male puberty rites (296).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sosis, Richard	2007	Patrilocal societies will be less likely to have costly male rites.	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where the presence of polygyny is high, there will be male initiation rites secrets (375, 243).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author