Evidence of Microbial Food Spoilage Requires the Presence of at Least

question 53

Multiple Choice

Evidence of microbial food spoilage requires the presence of at least _________ microbes per gram.

• A)100
• B)1000
• C)10,000
• D) 100,000
• E)1,000,000

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Definitions:

Two-Tailed Test

A Two-Tailed Test is a statistical test in which the critical area of a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is either greater than or less than a certain range of values.

Expected Frequencies

The counts that one would expect in a statistical distribution, based on a specific hypothesis or model.

Chi-Squared Test Statistic

A statistical measure used to determine the goodness of fit between observed values and values expected theoretically.

Level of Significance

Another term for significance level, indicating the threshold below which the null hypothesis is rejected in statistical tests.