A Model Estimated Using a Dataset with 125 Observations Generates $\beta$

question 20

Multiple Choice

A model estimated using a dataset with 125 observations generates the following results. If you want to test the hypothesis $\beta$ ₅ = .47.What p-value does this test statistic generate if you are performing a two-tailed test?

• A)0.000
• B)≃0.02
• C)≃0.01
• D)0.05

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Definitions:

Sexual Selection

A mode of natural selection where individuals with certain inherited traits are more likely to find a mate and reproduce, often leading to the evolution of traits that enhance mating success.

Attractive Mate

An individual selected based on traits perceived as desirable, enhancing reproductive success in natural and sexual selection.

Disruptive Selection

A type of natural selection that favors extreme values of a trait over intermediate values, leading to two or more contrasting phenotypes in the population.

Stabilizing Selection

Mode of natural selection in which an intermediate form of a trait is adaptive, and extreme forms are selected against.