What Is the Typical Length of a Bacterium

question 56

Multiple Choice

What is the typical length of a bacterium?

• A)5 - 10 nm
• B)0.5 - 5 µm
• C)20 - 40 µm
• D)5 - 10 mm
• E)20 - 40 mm

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Definitions:

Variability

The degree to which scores in a set of data are spread out or differ from each other, indicating the diversity or dispersion within the dataset.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used to infer properties of an entire population.

Population Mean

The average of all the values in a population.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (such as the mean) computed from a sample, over repeated sampling from the same population.