Which Statement Describes Habitat Islands

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes habitat islands? 

• A) They can NOT be national parks, protected areas, or freshwater lakes. 
• B) They are wildlife preserves set aside to sustain endangered species. 
• C) They can create small populations that are resistant to inbreeding. 
• D) They are often too small to support the minimum number of individuals required to sustain a population.

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Definitions:

Fisher's Exact Test

Chi-square statistic used if any of the expected frequencies in a sample of data are less than 5.

Yates' Correction

A statistical procedure applied to the chi-squared test for 2x2 contingency tables to correct for the discontinuity error.

Expected Frequencies

Quantitative descriptions of the number of occurrences of events expected to happen in a scientific experiment based on probability distributions.

Fisher's Exact Test

A statistical significance test used to examine the association between two categorical variables in a contingency table, especially useful for small sample sizes.