Provide an Appropriate Response

question 14

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-A drug that stimulates reproduction is introduced into a colony of bacteria. After t minutes, the number of bacteria is given approximately by: At what value of t is the number of bacteria a maximum?

• A) 24 min
• B) 12 min
• C) 6 min
• D) 30 min

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Variables that are manipulated or selected by the researcher to determine their effects on dependent variables.

Sum of Squares

Sum of squares is a statistical technique that measures the dispersion or variation within a data set, by summing the squares of deviations from the mean.

Multiple Coefficient of Determination

A statistic that represents the proportion of variance in a dependent variable that is predictable from a set of independent variables.

Dependent Variable

The outcome variable in a study, experiment, or statistical model that is influenced or predicted by another variable (or variables).