Population estimation from floor area: a restudy of "naroll's constant"

Controlling for climate and date of pacification does not explain additional variance between dwelling floor area and population size (35)

However, unit of settlement, which measures settlement size and, indirectly, settlement density, does offer such an explanation (35).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
No Formal Test	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Climate	Combined	`NONE`
Date Pacification	Combined	`NONE`
Floor Area Estimate, Dwellings	Dependent	`NONE`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Naroll, Raoul	1962	Floor area of dwellings predicts population size of settlements (588).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Basselberry, Samuel E.	1974	Populations will be accurately predicted by floor area in multifamily dwellings using the formula population=1/6(floor area)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Barton McCaul	1987	Matrilocal societies have higher dwelling sizes than patrilocal societies.	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Barton McCaul	1987	In general, a population constant of 6 meters squared per person can be used on a sample of one or more dwellings from a single community (32)	`UNKNOWN`	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Brown, Barton McCaul	1987	A lower limit to dwelling density, a point beyond which people will not willingly crowd themselves, and a basic need for shelter from the elements will be positively associated with dwelling floor area per person (8)	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author