In the Human Retina

question 41

Multiple Choice

In the human retina

• A) cone cells can detect color, but rod cells cannot.
• B) cone cells are more sensitive than rod cells to light.
• C) cone cells, but not rod cells, have a visual pigment.
• D) rod cells are most highly concentrated in the center of the retina.
• E) rod cells require higher illumination for stimulation than do cone cells.

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Definitions:

Population Standard Error

A measure of the estimation uncertainty in predicting a population parameter based on a sample statistic.

Confidence Interval

A confidence interval is a range of values derived from sample data that is likely to cover the true value of an unknown population parameter.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the numbers together and dividing by the count of those numbers.

Sampling Error

Differences between statistics calculated from a sample and statistics pertaining to the population from which the sample is drawn due to random, chance factors.