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With slight modification, the following tables appeared in Cernlo, Karen. 1993 "Symbols and the World System: National Anthems and Flags," Sociological Forum 8:243-71. The tables represent critical empirical evidence in the study. Dr. Cernlo studied how types of nations in the world system relate to the type of flag they have. She divided nations into two categories according to world system theory (core/non-core) and three categories according to modernization theory (pre-modern, modernizing, postmodern) . She divided flag design, her dependent variable, into a basic or embellished graphic syntax.

-Which of the following conclusions is correct? (Note that one of these statements is a close paraphrase directly taken from her article, the others are alternative, opposing hypotheses she was testing.)

A) A nation's position in the world economy, according to world system theory, and its level of modernization, according to modernization theory, are equally strong at predicting a nation's flag design.
B) Neither nation's position in the world economy, according to world system theory, nor its level of modernization, according to modernization theory, have any impact on a nation's flag design.
C) A nation's position in the world economy, according to world system theory, is stronger at distinguishing a nation's flag design than its level of modernization, according to modernization theory.
D) A nation's level of modernization, according to modernization theory, is stronger at distinguishing a nation's flag design than its position in the world economy, according to world system theory.