At What Point Did the Modern State Come to Cover

question 53

Multiple Choice

At what point did the modern state come to cover virtually the entire globe?

• A)soon after the Peace of Westphalia
• B)in the aftermath of WWI
• C)following World War II
• D)at the end of the Cold War

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Shift In Distribution

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Rejection Region

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Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

A nonparametric test that compares two independent groups to assess if their populations have the same distribution.

Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

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