If You Are Interested in Observing a Relatively Simple Community

question 26

Multiple Choice

If you are interested in observing a relatively simple community structure in a clear water lake, you would do well to choose diving into ________.

• A) an oligotrophic lake
• B) a eutrophic lake
• C) a relatively shallow lake
• D) a nutrient-rich lake

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Definitions:

Test of Independence

A statistical method used to determine whether two categorical variables are independent of each other.

Nonparametric Test

A different phrasing for nonparametric statistics, these are tests used for analyzing data when the assumptions for parametric tests cannot be met, focusing on the ranks or orders of the data.

McNemar

A statistical test used to determine if there are differences on a dichotomous dependent variable between two related groups.

Fisher's Exact

A statistical significance test used in the analysis of contingency tables where sample sizes are small.