The evolutionary forms of the religious life: a cross-cultural, quantitative analysis

Subsistence economy, societal size, and the presence of writing and records will all be associated with stage of religious evolution (459).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
logistic regression	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Societal Size	Independent	Population
Stage Of Religious Evolution	Dependent	Spirits And Gods, Ecclesiastical Organization
Subsistence Economy	Independent	Annual Cycle, Production And Supply
Writing And Records	Independent	Writing

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schwartz, Richard D.	1964	"Societies that lack mediation . . . appear to be the simplest societies. None of them has writing or any substantial degree of specialization" (165)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	2023	Egalitarian societies will have higher levels of synchrony of dress.	Partially supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Pryor, Frederic L.	1977	The emergence of slavery is an inevitable stage of societal development (222).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Blumberg, Rae Lesser	1972	"When technology, as measured by subsistence economy is held constant . . . [and we] cross tabulate familial complexity with . . . size of community . . . [and with] political complexity, gammas are significantly positive for low levels of technology and nonsignificant for higher levels" (909)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Eff, E. Anthon	2012	The presence of writing and records will be positively associated with the frequency of external warfare	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author