Any Two Groups of Organisms Will Have ________ Most Recent

question 46

Multiple Choice

Any two groups of organisms will have ________ most recent common ancestor(s) .

• A) two
• B) no more than four
• C) only one
• D) as many as 16

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Definitions:

Statistical Evidence

Data and information gathered from statistical analyses that support or reject hypotheses, used to make conclusions or inferences about the characteristics of populations.

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is correct.

Alpha (α)

In hypothesis testing, the threshold probability for incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis, representing the level of significance of the test.

Beta (β)

In statistics, it often represents the probability of committing a Type II error, or in regression, it denotes the slope coefficients representing the change in the dependent variable for a one-unit change in the independent variable.