A Science Professor Has Observed Over Several Years That About

question 54

Multiple Choice

A Science professor has observed over several years that about 15% of the students who initially major in Science drop out of the program after their freshman year.The department head suggested making the curriculum easier by taking a couple of 300 level courses out of the requirements.With the new curriculum intact,590 began their freshman year as Science majors and only 52 dropped out of the program.Should the college continue with the easier curriculum? State the critical value required to perform an appropriate hypothesis test using α = 0.01.

• A)-1.645
• B)-2.326
• C)1.96
• D)-1.96
• E)1.645

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Definitions:

Behavioral Genetics

Quantitative study of relative hereditary and environmental influences on behavior.

Human Development

A multidisciplinary study of how people change and grow over the course of their lives, encompassing physical, cognitive, and socioemotional aspects.

Environment

Encompasses all the external physical and social conditions and influences affecting the life and development of an organism or population.

Heredity

The biological process through which genetic characteristics are transmitted from one generation to the next.