Taxonomy Is Best Described as The

question 3

Multiple Choice

Taxonomy is best described as the:

• A) recognition of different classes of life
• B) recognition of the class of a given microbe isolated in pure culture
• C) identification of new species into existing classes
• D) description of distinct life-forms and their organization into different categories
• E) naming of the different classes

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can vary in the analysis without violating any constraints.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, often representing the number of values that are free to vary.

Test Statistic

A calculated value used in statistical testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

P-Value

The probability of observing test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct.