Correlations of exploitative and settlement patterns

Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada Vol/Iss. 230 Published In Pages: 129-146
By Murdock, George Peter

Hypothesis

"[Size of community is related to subsistence economy]. Local communities tend to be very small in gathering, hunting, pastoral, and fishing societies. . . . Horticulturalists and extensive cereal cultivators occupy . . . larger settlements . . . and intensive agriculturalists [have largest communities]"

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of meansSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Size Of Local CommunityDependentCommunity Structure
Subsistence EconomyIndependentDiet, Production And Supply