What Affects the Size of Hypersaline Lakes

question 44

Multiple Choice

What affects the size of hypersaline lakes?

• A)a balance between streams and evaporative water loss
• B)a balance between rain, streams, and evaporative water loss
• C)a balance between rain, snow melt, streams, and evaporative water loss
• D)a balance between snow melt, streams, and evaporative water loss

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Definitions:

Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

A measure of the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two continuous variables, computed as the covariance of the variables divided by the product of their standard deviations.

Ordinal

A term referring to a type of data or a scale of measurement where items are ranked in order but the differences between rank positions are not necessarily equidistant.

Partial Correlation

A measure of the degree of association between two variables while holding one or more other variables constant.

Third Variable

An unmeasured variable that may influence or confound the relationship between the two variables of interest in a study.