The purpose of this paper is to discuss the methodology employed by
Divale and Harris (1976) in their paper, "Population, Warfare and the Male
Supremacist Complex". It argues that their sampling and statistical pro
cedures are incorrect, and that their hypotheses cannot be tested on the
data as presented.
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