If an Organism Is Treated with a Chemical Agent That

question 119

Multiple Choice

If an organism is treated with a chemical agent that doubles the rate of mutation observed in its absence, and a mutation occurs, what is the probability that it was caused by the chemical agent?

• A)0
• B)1/4
• C)1/2
• D)3/4

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information or the parameter in a model.

Number

An arithmetic value that represents a particular quantity and is used in counting and making calculations.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or to a mechanism, minus the number of parameters that constrain these values.

Student t Distribution

A probability distribution that is used to estimate population parameters when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown.