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Explain the Trade-Offs Between Size and Number of Offspring

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Explain the trade-offs between size and number of offspring. Give examples of environmental conditions where one strategy is favoured over the other.


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Variance

A measure of how far individual numbers in a dataset are from the mean, squared.

Correlation Coefficient

A statistical measure that calculates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables, ranging from -1 to +1.

Continuous

Refers to a type of variable or data that can take an infinite number of values within a given range.

Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

A measure of the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two continuous variables, computed as the covariance of the variables divided by the product of their standard deviations.

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