When Sanderson and Alderson Suggest That the Capitalist World-Economy and the Interstate

question 71

Multiple Choice

When Sanderson and Alderson suggest that the capitalist world-economy and the interstate system go hand in hand, they are referring to the fact that:

• A) a fundamental characteristic of the modern world-system is its politically decentralized character
• B) the logic of capitalism seems to work against the formation of a world-empire
• C) the capitalistic nature of the world-system would probably decay if the interstate system evolved into a world-empire
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

T Distribution

A probability distribution used in statistics that accounts for the sample size in estimating the mean of a normally distributed population when the standard deviation is unknown.

One-tailed Test

A statistical test in which the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, used when predicting the direction of a potential difference or relationship.

Sample Size

The number of observations or subjects selected from a population for a study.

T Distribution

A statistical distribution used when the sample size is small and the population standard deviation is unknown.