What Can We Conclude After Searching for a Scientific Explanation

question 51

Multiple Choice

What can we conclude after searching for a scientific explanation of war?

• A)We are closer than ever to identifying the fundamental causes of war.
• B)Scholars still are unable to definitively determine the causes of war.
• C)Wars can now be predicted accurately.
• D)Domestic-level explanations have been determined to be unscientific.

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Definitions:

Four Groups

A division within a study or experiment where participants are split into four distinct sets for comparison or analysis.

P < 0.05

Indicates a probability of less than 5% that the observed results occurred by chance, suggesting statistical significance in hypothesis testing.

Nonparametric Statistical Test

A type of statistical test that does not assume an underlying distribution for the data, often used when data do not meet the assumptions required for parametric tests.

Research Situation

The specific contextual framework or setting in which a study or scientific inquiry is conducted.