Which of the Following Is the Most Important Feature to the Barn

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most important feature to the barn owl's unique ability to locate a mouse moving through rustling leaves in the dark.

• A) The ability to preferentially use either the right or left ear.
• B) The unique mapping of specific neurons in the inferior colliculus.
• C) The slight upward orientation of the owl's right ear and downward orientation of the left ear.
• D) b and c only
• E) a-c

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A span of values calculated from sample statistics, which is likely to embody the value of a hidden population parameter.

Mean

A measure of central tendency which is calculated by adding up all the values in a data set and then dividing by the number of values.

Population Standard Error

The standard deviation of the distribution of a sample mean over multiple samples from the same population.