Which Term Refers to the Phenomenon of Strong and Parochial

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which term refers to the phenomenon of strong and parochial ties between ethnic,religious,and national groups that leads to the disintegration of the political order due to conflict among such groups?

• A) Balkanization
• B) anarchy
• C) consociationalism
• D) fundamentalism

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Definitions:

Least Squares

A method in statistics for approximating the solution of overdetermined systems, by minimizing the differences between the observed and predicted values.

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical method used to model the relationship between a single independent variable and a dependent variable by fitting a linear equation to observed data.

Normally Distributed

A statistical distribution that is symmetrical about the mean, where most observations cluster around the central peak and the probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in both directions.

Parameters

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