Possession

Possession-belief-only will be associated with small society size; possession-trance belief will be associated with large population size (43).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Population Size	Independent	Population
Possession	Dependent	Ecstatic Religious Practices, Revelation And Divination

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-belief-only will be associated with nomadism; possession-trance belief will be associated with sedentarism (43).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-trance belief will be associated with jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local level; possession-belief-only will not (43).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-trance belief will be associated with class structure or slavery; possession-belief only will not (44).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-belief-only will be associated with hunting, gathering, and fishing for 46% or more of subsistence; possession-trance belief will be associated with agriculture and/or animal husbandry (43).	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roes, Frans L.	2009	Population growth is positively associated with a belief in moralizing bonds (70).	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author