According to the Variant of Modernization Theory Presented in Chapter

question 21

Multiple Choice

According to the variant of modernization theory presented in Chapter 6, why did England develop a limited form of government in early modern Europe, whereas France developed an absolutist and autocratic form of government?

• A) England did not have a revolution, whereas France did.
• B) The English king relied on his citizens more for revenue than the French king did.
• C) The French king was involved in more wars than the English king.
• D) The English king had to negotiate with a new type of economic elite (who possessed mobile assets), and the French king did not.

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Definitions:

P-values

An indication of the strength of the evidence against the null hypothesis, represented as a probability that measures the likelihood of the observed outcomes under the assumption that the null hypothesis is valid.

Matched Pairs

A study design where subjects are paired based on certain characteristics, and one from each pair is assigned to the treatment group and the other to the control.

Distribution

The way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area.

Sample Size

The number of observations or replicates included in a statistical sample.