Which of the Following Groups Would Be Most Likely to Exhibit

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups would be most likely to exhibit uniform dispersion?

• A) red squirrels, who actively defend territories
• B) cattails, which grow primarily at edges of lakes and streams
• C) dwarf mistletoes, which parasitize particular species of forest trees
• D) moths, in a city at night
• E) lake trout, which seek out cold, deep water high in dissolved oxygen

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Definitions:

Two-tailed Hypothesis Test

A statistical test in which the critical area of a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is greater than or less than a certain range of values.

Test Statistic

A calculated value from sample data used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

P-value

The P-value is a statistical parameter that helps to determine the significance of the results from a hypothesis test, indicating the probability of observing the results if the null hypothesis is true.

P-value

A statistic that measures the probability of obtaining an observed result, or more extreme, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.