Test Bank for The Analysis of Biological Data, 3rd Edition by Michael C. Whitlock

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Chapterm1
1. In studies,msubjectsmaremrandomlymassignedmtomtreatmentmgroups,mwhereasmin
studies,msubjectsmaremassignedmtomtreatmentmgroupsmformreasonsmbeyondmthemcontrolmofmthemresearchers.
a. experimentalm:mobservational
b. observationalm:mexperimental
c. scientificm:munscientific
d. unscientificm:mscientific
ANSWER:ma

2. Whenmconsideringmthemdeviationmbetweenmcalculatedmstatisticsmandmthemtruemparameter,mhowmconsistentlymthe
mstatisticsmgeneratemsimilarmvaluesmismreferredmtomasmdefiningmtheir

,mwhereasmhowmclosemthemstatisticsmaremtomthemtruemparametermdefinesmtheir .
a. accuracym:mprecision
b. precisionm:maccuracy
c. robustnessm:mquality
d. qualitym:mrobustness
ANSWER:ma

3. Whichmbestmdescribesmthemusemofmstatisticsmtomunderstandmreality?
a. Wemusemdatamfrommamsamplemandmconceptsmfrommstatisticsmtommakemestimatesmaboutmpopulations.
b. Wemusemdatamfrommampopulationmandmconceptsmfrommstatisticsmtommakemestimatesmaboutmsamples.
c. Wemusemdatamtomcomparemsamplesmtompopulations.
d. Wemusemconceptsmfrommstatisticsmtomimprovemourmestimatesmofmsamplemcharacteristics.
ANSWER:ma

4. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismcorrect?
a. Populationsmaremdescribedmbymparameters,mwhereasmsamplesmprovidemestimatesmormstatistics.
b. Populationsmaremdescribedmbymestimates,mwhereasmsamplesmprovidemparametersmormstatistics.
c. Populationsmaremdescribedmbymstatistics,mwhereasmsamplesmprovidemestimatesmormparameters.
d. Populationsmaremdescribedmbymstatisticsmormparameters,mwhereasmsamplesmprovidemestimates.
ANSWER:ma

5. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismamvalidmstatisticalmhypothesis?
a. Themmeanmbloodmpressuremofmampopulationmofmpeoplemtakingmanmexperimentalmdrugmismhighermthanm
themmeanmformampopulationmofmthosemwhomdon't.
b. Themmeanmtemperaturemofmamsamplemofmpatientsmadministeredmicempacksmismlowermthanmthemmeanm
ofmamsamplemgivenmamblanket.
c. Themrangemofmheightmvaluesmformwildmgiraffesmismlargermthanmthemrangemofmheightsmformgiraffe
sminmcaptivity.
d. ColoniesmofmE.mColimexposedmtomhighmsaltmlevelsmreproducemmoremslowlymthanmonesmexposedmtomlowm
saltmlevels.
ANSWER:ma

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Chapterm1
6. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismthembestmdefinitionmofmestimation?
a. Increasingmamsamplemyieldsmbettermdata.
b. Predictingmammeasuredmvaluembeforemthemmeasurementsmbegin.
c. Themprocessmofmroundingmvaluesmtomspecificmdegreesmofmaccuracy.
d. Usingmsamplemdatamtominfermpopulationmdata.
ANSWER:md

7. Othermtermsmformam"samplingmunit"mincludemallmofmthemfollowing,mexceptmone.
a. Individual
b. Replicate
c. Statistic
d. Subject
ANSWER:mc

8. Idealmsamplesmaremunbiased;mwhichmofmthemfollowingmtermsmismamsynonymmformunbiasedminmthismcontext?
a. Accurate
b. Centered
c. Precise
d. Proportional
ANSWER:ma

9. Samplingmerrormismdefinedmasmdifferencesmbetweenmthemestimatemandmthemestimatedmparametermduemtomwhic
hmofmthemfollowing?
a. Biasminmthemsample.
b. Errorsmduemtomroundingmsamplemstatisticsmtoommuch.
c. Mistakesmduringmsampling.
d. Randomnessmduringmsampling.
ANSWER:md

10. Considermthemfiguremshowingmthemfinalmpositionmofmballsmdroppedmthatmhadmbeenmaimedmatmthemindentati
on.mWhichmofmthemplotsmshowsmthemsituationmbestmdescribedmasmgoodmaccuracy,mgoodmprecision?




a. PlotmA
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b. PlotmB
c. PlotmC
d. PlotmD
ANSWER:mb

11. Considermthemfiguremshowingmthemfinalmpositionmofmballsmdroppedmthatmhadmbeenmaimedmatmthemindentati
on.mWhichmofmthemplotsmshowsmthemsituationmbestmdescribedmasmgoodmaccuracy,mpoormprecision?




a. PlotmA
b. PlotmB
c. PlotmC
d. PlotmD
ANSWER:mc

12. Considermthemfiguremshowingmthemfinalmpositionmofmballsmdroppedmthatmhadmbeenmaimedmatmthemindentati
on.mWhichmofmthemplotsmshowsmthemsituationmbestmdescribedmasmpoormaccuracy,mgoodmprecision?




a. PlotmA
b. PlotmB
c. PlotmC
d. PlotmD
ANSWER:md

13. Considermthemfiguremshowingmthemfinalmpositionmofmballsmdroppedmthatmhadmbeenmaimedmatmthemindentation.
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