If You Have Screened 100,000 Pollen Grains and Identified 5

question 40

Short Answer

If you have screened 100,000 pollen grains and identified 5 mutants, what is the mutation frequency?

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Definitions:

Error

The difference between a measured or calculated value and its true value; often used in statistics and scientific experiments.

Confidence Interval Estimate

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Prediction Interval

An estimate of an interval in which future observations will fall, with a certain probability, given what has already been observed.

Expected Value

The average outcome that one can expect to occur after many repetitions of a random experiment.