Does Potassium Permanganate Diffuse More Rapidly Through Water or Through

question 12

Multiple Choice

Does potassium permanganate diffuse more rapidly through water or through agar gel? Why?

• A) It diffuses more rapidly through water, because there are no particles to slow the movement of dye.
• B) It diffuses more rapidly through agar, because there are channels in agar that help the dye solution to move.
• C) It diffuses more rapidly through water, because there are more particles for the dye to bounce off of.
• D) It diffuses more rapidly through agar, because water attracts the dye molecules and slows their movement.

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Definitions:

Bootstrap Distribution

A distribution of estimates generated by resampling from a dataset, used to approximate the sampling distribution of a statistic.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic based on a random sample, used to estimate the unknown population parameter.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, indicating the variability of an estimate if the same procedure were repeated multiple times.

Resamples

Resamples are subsets of data drawn from an original dataset, often with replacement, used in bootstrap methods to estimate the variability or distribution of a statistic.