Which of the Following Is Not an Observation or Inference

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an observation or inference on which natural selection is based?

• A) There is heritable variation among individuals.
• B) Poorly adapted individuals never produce offspring.
• C) Species produce more offspring than the environment can support.
• D) Only a fraction of an individual's offspring may survive.

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Definitions:

Homoscedasticity

A condition in which the variance within a dataset remains constant across different levels of an independent variable.

Error Variable

A variable in statistical models that captures the difference between observed and predicted values.

Variance

A measure of the spread of a set of numbers, indicating how much the individual numbers differ from the mean.

Regression Analysis

A set of statistical processes for estimating the relationships among variables, focusing primarily on the dependence of a response variable on one or more explanatory variables.