Which of the Following Levels of Classification Would Contain the Greatest

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following levels of classification would contain the greatest number of organisms?

• A) phylum
• B) order
• C) genus
• D) class

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A point on the scale of a statistical distribution that is used to determine the boundary for rejecting the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

One-sample T-test

A statistical test used to compare the mean of a single sample to a known average or standard value.

Parametric Counterpart

Refers to statistical tests or models that assume a certain distribution shape for the underlying data, as opposed to non-parametric methods which do not.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric test used to determine if there are statistically significant differences between two or more groups of an independent variable on a continuous or ordinal dependent variable.