Small and Short-Lived Plants That Rapidly Colonize Disturbed Sites Are

question 10

Multiple Choice

Small and short-lived plants that rapidly colonize disturbed sites are classified by J.Phillip Grime as

• A)C species.
• B)R species.
• C)S species.
• D)X species.

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Definitions:

Complete Counterbalancing

An experimental design technique where all possible orders of presenting stimuli are used to control for order effects.

Matched Pairs Design

A method of assigning subjects to groups in which pairs of subjects are first matched on some characteristic and then individually assigned randomly to groups.

Matching Variable

A characteristic used to ensure that members of different groups in a study are similar on that particular attribute.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is observed and measured, expected to change as a result of alterations to the independent variable.