To Construct a Reproductive Table for a Sexual Species, One

question 68

Multiple Choice

To construct a reproductive table for a sexual species, one needs to

• A) assess sperm viability for the males in the population.
• B) keep track of all of the offspring of a cohort.
• C) keep track of the females in a cohort.
• D) keep track of all of the offspring of the females in a cohort.
• E) analyze the ratio of deaths to births in a cohort.

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Definitions:

Variance

A statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how far each number in the set is from the mean.

Covariance

A measure that indicates the extent to which two variables change together, indicating the direction of their linear relationship.

Linear Relationship

A type of relationship between two variables where a change in one variable is associated with a proportional change in the other.

COV

COV refers to the coefficient of variation, a statistical measure of the relative dispersion or variability of a data set relative to its mean, expressed as a percentage.