You Have Collected Data on the Body Temperature and Bite

question 32

Multiple Choice

You have collected data on the body temperature and bite force of more than 100 iguanas on a recent research trip to Costa Rica.This is triple the data that most researchers ever get! You use these data to test if iguanas with higher body temperatures can bite harder.You generate a mean and look at your data relative to that mean.Many data points are consistent and fall within 1 standard deviations of the mean.You might expect your standard error to be:

• A) Large because the data are within 1 standard deviation of the mean
• B) Large because the data are within 1 standard deviation of the mean and you do not have many data points
• C) Small because the data are within 1 standard deviation of the mean and there are many data points
• D) Small because there is a lot of variation in the data

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