Current Estimates Note That the Human Genome Contains About How

question 92

Multiple Choice

Current estimates note that the human genome contains about how many genes?

• A) about 5,000
• B) about 25,000
• C) about 85,000
• D) over a million

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Definitions:

IQR

The Interquartile Range (IQR) is a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of a data set.

Chebyshev's Theorem

A statistical theorem stating that for any real dataset, the proportion of values that fall within k standard deviations from the mean is at least 1-1/k^2 for k > 1.

Empirical Rule

A statistical principle that asserts in a normal distribution, almost all of the data is contained within three standard deviations from the mean.

Standard Deviations

Standard deviations are a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values in a dataset deviate from the mean on average.