ESRM 304 FINAL STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

ESRM 304 FINAL STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. nominal
Answer:
unordered, mutually exclusive, qualitative

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2. ordinal
Answer:
ordered, mutually exclusive, qualitative

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3. discrete
Answer:
numeric, finite number of possible values

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4. continuous
Answer:
numeric, can take any value

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5. unpaired t-test
Answer:
2 independent groups

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6. paired t-test
Answer:
2 groups with paired samples

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7. pearson correlation
Answer:
2 varriables

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8. ANOVA
Answer:
3 or more groups

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9. variation

, Answer:
dispersion within a sampe

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10. correlation
Answer:
standardizes covariance by the variance of each varriable

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11. quality control
Answer:
checking datasets prior to analysis

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12. shannon-wiener index
Answer:
incorporates abundace and evenness

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13. simpson's index
Answer:
measures dominance

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14. O horizon
Answer:
surface litter, organic, no clay, high OM matter

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15. A horizon
Answer:
top soil, mineral, some clay, medium OM matter

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16. E horizon
Answer:
zone of leaching, mineral zone of loss, less clay, less OM matter

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17. B horizon
Answer:
subsoil, zone of clay accumulation, more clay, low OM matter

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18. C horizon