What would be the best way to test the hypothesis that ethnic and religious conflicts lead to civil wars?
a. Collect data on all civil wars, and see whether ethnic or religious tensions were present before the war broke out.
b. Collect data on all ethnically and religiously divided societies, and see whether they had many civil wars.
c. Compare occurrences of civil wars in ethnically divided societies and religiously divided societies.
d. Collect data on all states, and see whether civil wars occur more often in ethnically and religiously divided states
Ans: d
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