Which of the Following Has Been Demonstrated by the Emergence

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has been demonstrated by the emergence of industrial capitalism in the East Asian "tiger nations" and in the "BRIC" economies?

• A) The validity of the "convergence" theory of industrialism.
• B) It now takes less time for countries to industrialize than it did a century ago.
• C) Industrial capitalism always functions best if the state (the government) is not involved in any way at all.
• D) Industrialization eventually always leads to greater social equality.

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Definitions:

Intervals

Ranges between two points or values, often used in statistics to indicate the confidence or probability associated with a specific estimate.

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Expected Frequency

The predicted count of occurrences or the number of times an outcome is anticipated to happen in a statistical experiment.

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.