The hypothesis that a nation's level of democracy is associated
with its GDP was shown to be somewhat problematic because:
a. several nations with lower incomes than the United States were shown to have similar democracy scores.
b. many of the most highly developed nations, most notably Qatar, are not democratic.
c. several undemocratic nations were shown to have higher GDP than the nations with the highest democracy scores.
d. several of the nations with democracy scores comparable to that of Iran had much higher GDP.
Answer: a
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