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question 15

Multiple Choice

In a coral reef,small fish can hide from predators in the corals.Large fish are fast and can evade predators with speed.Medium fish cannot fit in the coral and are not as fast as the large fish.In evolutionary terms,what would you expect to see in the population over time?

• A)The large fish would be selected against.
• B)Only the medium fish would survive.
• C)The small fish would be less likely to survive.
• D)The medium fish would be less likely to survive.
• E)The small fish would be selected against.

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Definitions:

Chi-Squared Test Statistic

A measure used in statistics that compares observed results with expected outcomes to test the hypothesis about the independence of two criteria.

Multinomial Experiment

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A statistical measure used to evaluate the differences between observed and expected frequencies in one or more categories.

Observed Frequencies

The actual number of occurrences of each possible outcome of a variable recorded in a dataset, often used in the context of chi-square tests and frequency distributions.