Tests of the relationship between level of democracy and
capabilities found that:
a. the most democratic countries scored better than the most authoritarian countries on physical well-being, informed decision-making, and safety.
b. the most democratic countries scored better than the most authoritarian countries on physical well-being, informed decision-making, but not safety.
c. there was a clear pattern of capabilities improving at each stage from most authoritarian, to semiauthoritarian, to semidemocracy, to most democratic.
d. there was a clear pattern in which both categories of democracies performed better than both categories of authoritarian systems on all three capabilities.
Question 2
Which test does not apply to the hypothesis that democracies
have a better record of enhancing physical well-being than authoritarian political systems?
a. use infant mortality as their dependent variable and degree of democracy as the independent variable.
b. use infant mortality as their independent variable and degree of democracy as the dependent variable.
c. operationally define degree of democracy using Polity IV data.
d. operationally define physical well-being using infant mortality rates.
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