Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) A short-day plant flowers when it is grown under short-night conditions.
• B) A short-day plant flowers when exposed to a long night interrupted with a brief flash of red light.
• C) A long-day plant does not flower when grown under long-night conditions.
• D) A long-day plant flowers when grown under long-night conditions.
• E) A long-day plant does not flower when grown under long-night conditions unless the long night is interrupted with a brief flash of red light.

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Definitions:

F-test Statistic

A ratio of two variances that follows an F-distribution, used to compare statistical models or test hypotheses about the equality of variances.

Larger Sample Variance

Refers to a greater dispersion or spread of a set of sample data points from their mean, compared to another set of data points.

F-test

A statistical test used to compare the variances of two populations and is based on the F-distribution.

One-tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution.