Charles Darwin's Book on the Origin of Species (1859) Was

question 20

Multiple Choice

Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species (1859) was considered an important contribution to modern science because:

• A) it coined the concept of evolution.
• B) it synthesized information from diverse scientific fields in order to document evolutionary change.
• C) it was immediately and widely accepted by the scientific community as the mechanism for evolutionary change.
• D) it proposed the use of the scientific method for the first time.

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Definitions:

Binomial Distribution

A statistical distribution representing the number of successes in a fixed number of independent trials, with each trial having two possible outcomes.

Symmetric

A shape or distribution where one half is a mirror image of the other half, indicating that the data values are equally spread around the center.

Probability of Success

The likelihood or chance that a specific event or outcome will occur, often represented as a percentage or a value between 0 and 1.

Discrete Random Variable

A variable that can take on a finite or countably infinite number of values, representing outcomes of a random process.