A Correlation Is a Statistical Description Indicating the

question 36

Multiple Choice

A correlation is a statistical description indicating the

• A)direction but not the strength of a relationship.
• B)direction and strength of a relationship.
• C)strength and direction of a treatment effect.
• D)strength but not the direction of a relationship.

Understand the construction and interpretation of segmented bar graphs for categorical data.

Evaluate associations between two categorical variables using graphical and tabular data representations.

Apply knowledge of contingency tables to describe relationships between two categorical variables.

Analyze data to assess hypotheses or claims made regarding categorical variables.

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Definitions:

Intracellular Level

Pertaining to processes or reactions occurring within a cell.

Translation

The process by which the nucleotide sequence of an mRNA is converted into the amino acid sequence of a protein.

Lactose

A sugar composed of glucose and galactose, found in milk and dairy products, which requires the enzyme lactase for digestion.

Gene Amplification

The developmental process in which certain cells produce multiple copies of a gene by selective replication, thus allowing for increased synthesis of the gene product. Compare with nuclear equivalence and genomic rearrangement.