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A Microbe That Grows Only Slightly Below the Surface of a Tube

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A microbe that grows only slightly below the surface of a tube of thioglycolate medium is probably a(n)


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One-sample Z-test

A statistical test used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the mean of a sample and a known or hypothesized population mean.

Mean of a Sample

The average value obtained by dividing the sum of all observations in a sample by the number of observations.

Mean of a Population

The average value derived from adding all the values in a population and then dividing by the number of values.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, used as a starting point for statistical significance testing.

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