If a Political Scientist Finds a War in Which There

question 3

Multiple Choice

If a political scientist finds a war in which there was not an imbalance of power, should that political scientist rejects the balance of power hypothesis?

• A)Yes, automatically reject the hypothesis.
• B)Only if in a dispute with the author of the hypothesis
• C)Not if it fits with the data better than any other hypothesis
• D)No, we never reject hypotheses

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