Which of the Following Would Not Be Considered a Measure

question 99

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would not be considered a measure of biodiversity?

• A) Six alleles are present at the alcohol dehydrogenase gene in a population of Drosophila melanogaster.
• B) In a population of minnows, 47 percent of the loci are polymorphic.
• C) In a human population, 24 percent of individuals are polymorphic at the Y76Y locus.
• D) A sample of water taken from the Hudson River has 369 different algal species.
• E) All of the above are measures of biodiversity.

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Definitions:

Statistically Significant

An observation or effect sufficiently large or important to be unlikely to have occurred by chance, as per a predefined threshold in hypothesis testing.

Confidence Interval

An aggregation of values, hailing from sample statistics, anticipated to envelop the value of an unseen population parameter.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set, calculated by summing all observations and dividing by the number of observations.

Symmetric

A shape or distribution is considered symmetric if it looks the same to the left and right of the center point.