The Doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction That Prevented a Direct

question 33

Multiple Choice

The doctrine of mutual assured destruction that prevented a direct military confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War is also known as the _______.

• A) Cold War
• B) Oppenheim Hypothesis
• C) Ballistic Missile Treaty
• D) balance of terror

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Definitions:

Type II

Refers to a Type II error in statistical hypothesis testing, which occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected.

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, often denoted as a false positive.

α

Denotes the level of significance in hypothesis testing, representing the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified as a number between 0 and 1.