Which Event Is Geologically the Oldest

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which event is geologically the oldest?

• A) evolution of vascular plants
• B) evolution of modern humans
• C) oxygen accumulation in the Earth's atmosphere
• D) evolution of prokaryotes
• E) evolution of reptiles

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A statistical measure that indicates the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by measuring the dispersion of sample means around the population mean.

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistic that quantifies the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s), often symbolized as R^2.

Test Statistic

A statistic derived from the data of a sample during a hypothesis test that determines if the null hypothesis should be discarded.

Value Of F

In the context of statistical testing, it refers to the calculated statistic used in the F-test to determine whether two population variances are equal.