Historical inference from cross-cultural data:  the case of dowry

"The geographical distribution of dowry is restricted in area indicating recent development" (517)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of raw scores	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Geographical Distribution Of Dowry	Association	Mode Of Marriage
Recent Development Of Dowry	Association	Mode Of Marriage

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schlegel, Alice	1988	Distribution of marriage transactions will be associated with subsistence technology such that dowry is more common in agricultural societies (295-6).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1988	Distribution of marriage transactions will be associated with social stratification such that dowry is more common in stratified societies (296-7).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hart, Hornell	1944	"[There is] a high positive correlation between technological and political development among primitive peoples [political complexity an indirect measure of geographical area controlled by a society]" (289)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Melvin	1963	"If we plot the distribution of these scores, we find that the relationship between the two variables [economic and political development] is not linear. Rather, the relationship curves increasingly upward" (243-244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Low, Bobbi S.	1996	Environmental degradation in traditional societies will be positively associated with recent population increases and technological improvement (358-9).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author