The Observable Characteristics of an Organism Are Called Its ________

question 8

Multiple Choice

The observable characteristics of an organism are called its ________.

• A) phenotype
• B) genotype
• C) dominance
• D) genes
• E) None of these choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Nonparametric Method

Statistical methods that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, making them applicable to a wider range of data types.

Normality Requirement

The assumption that the data or the residuals in a statistical model are normally distributed.

Parametric Test

A category of hypothesis tests that assumes underlying statistical distributions in the data and usually involves parameters such as the mean or variance.

Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to compare two independent samples, based on the ranks of their values, to determine if there are significant differences between them.