Refer to Figure 53

question 20

Multiple Choice

Refer to Figure 53.4 and then answer the following questions.

Figure 53.4: Infant mortality and life expectancy at birth in developed and developing countries (data as of 2005) .
-In terms of demographics, which country is likely to experience the greatest population growth problem over the next ten years?

• A) Mexico, because there are fewer pre-reproductive individuals in their population
• B) China, whose population is more than a billion, but whose expected fertility rate is 1.8 children
• C) Germany, where the growth rate of the population is 0.1% per year
• D) United States (2009 population ~ 205,000,000, where 200,000 Americans are added to the population each day)
• E) Afghanistan, with a 3.85 annual growth rate

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Definitions:

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that models the number of successes in a fixed number of independent Bernoulli trials with the same probability of success.

F-distribution

A probability distribution that arises in the analysis of variance and is used to calculate whether two observed variances are significantly different.

Matched Pairs

A study design where subjects are paired based on certain criteria, ensuring that each pair is similar except for the treatment given.

Mean Difference

The average difference between two sets of data points, often used in comparing the means from two samples.