In Order to Determine Whether the Iceman Mummy Was Modern

question 37

Multiple Choice

In order to determine whether the Iceman mummy was modern or ancient, biologists studied

• A) his DNA.
• B) his tattoos.
• C) the construction of his stone tools.
• D) the ice where he was preserved.

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Definitions:

Regression Coefficient

A value that represents the amount by which a dependent variable changes when a related independent variable changes by one unit.

Regression

A statistical method used to determine the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Variance

Average squared deviation from the mean.

Degrees Freedom

Degrees of freedom refer to the number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or to the number of variables minus the number of constraints in a system.