Which Realist Assumption Is Quite Misleading When Characterizing State Actors

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which realist assumption is quite misleading when characterizing state actors and international relations?

• A)that states are the most powerful actors in international relations
• B)that states seek power
• C)that states are unitary rational actors
• D)that states exist in an anarchic world

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Definitions:

Degree of Freedom

The number of independent ways by which a dynamic system can move without violating any constraint applied on it, often used in statistics to determine the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

Chi-square Distribution

Chi-square distribution is a distribution of the sum of squared independent random variables, used primarily in hypothesis testing for categorical data.

Chi-square Distribution

A probability distribution used in statistical analysis that is applicable when dealing with categorical data and assessing how likely observations are due to chance.

Skewed to the Right

Refers to a distribution where the tail is on the right side, indicating that the majority of data points are concentrated on the left.