From a Genetic Viewpoint, It Seems Odd That Anyone Should

question 6

Multiple Choice

From a genetic viewpoint, it seems odd that anyone should help another person. But even if that other person is not a family member, altruism makes sense because of the concept of

• A) dominance hierarchy
• B) kin selection
• C) reciprocal altruism
• D) genetic determinism
• E) dominant genes

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Definitions:

Actual Value

The real value observed or measured, as opposed to an estimated or theoretical value.

Sample Mean

is the average value of a subset of observations from a larger population.

Sample Variance

Sample variance is a measure of the dispersion or variability of a sample dataset, calculating how much the numbers differ from the sample mean.

Consistent

A statistical property indicating that as the size of the sample increases, the estimator converges in probability to the parameter being estimated.