​According to the Textbook, If We Find a War in Which

question 40

Multiple Choice

​According to the textbook, if we find a war in which there was not an imbalance of power, should we reject 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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