Shamans and other "magico-religious" healers: a cross-cultural study of their origins, nature, and social transformations

The presence of priests will be positively associated with political integration and the presence of agriculture (345).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
multiple regression	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Agriculture	Independent	Annual Cycle, Tillage, Diet
Political Integration	Independent	Territorial Hierarchy
Priests	Dependent	Shamans And Psychotherapists

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ember, Melvin	1963	"[There is a] relationship between relative importance of agriculture and level of political integration" (243	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	"Societies with a single practitioner type were generally hunting and gathering societies; while those with two practitioner types always had agriculture as a major mode of subsistence. The societies with three practitioner types present had agricultural or pastoral economies and, with one exception, political integration beyond the local level. Those societies with four practitioner types present had agriculture and political integration beyond the local level and, with one exception, the p...	Supported	0	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding	2022	Priests and witches/sorcerers are more common in stratified societies than in unstratified societies.	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	Political integration and the presence of classes are correlated with the presence of Malevolent Practitioners	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Knowlton, Timothy W.	2023	The presence of composite beings, also known as monsters, will be positively correlated with the level of political integration.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author