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#Question id: 3427

Natural selection can alter the frequency of distribution allele and heritable trait in different following way

A- Accumulation of those mutation that increase fitness of population in changing environment

B- Check accumulation of mutation that lower the fitness of species in unchanging environment

c- occur when population is subjected to divergent selection

#Section 2: Evolution

A- stabilized selection B- directional selection C- disruptive selection
A- directional selection B- stabilized selection C- disruptive selection
A- disruptive selection B- stabilized selection C- directional selection
A- disruptive selection B- directional selection C- stabilized selection

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#Question id: 16791

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

The mode of a distribution is 24 and the mean is 60. What is its median?

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#Question id: 16874

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

A randomly selected sample of 1,000 college students was asked whether they had ever used the drug Ecstasy. Sixteen percent (16% or 0.16) of the 1,000 students surveyed said they had. Which one of the following statements about the number 0.16 is correct?

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#Question id: 16875

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

In a random sample of 1000 students, pˆ = 0.80 (or 80%) were in favor of longer hours at the school library. The standard error of pˆ (the sample proportion) is

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#Question id: 16876

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

For a random sample of 9 women, the average resting pulse rate is x = 76 beats per minute, and the sample standard deviation is s = 5. The standard error of the sample mean is

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#Question id: 16877

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

Assume the cholesterol levels in a certain population have mean μ= 200 and standard deviation σ = 24. The cholesterol levels for a random sample of n = 9 individuals are measured and the sample mean x is determined. What is the z-score for a sample mean x = 180?

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#Question id: 16878

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

In a past General Social Survey, a random sample of men and women answered the question “Are you a member of any sports clubs?” Based on the sample data, 95% confidence intervals for the population proportion who would answer “yes” are .13 to .19 for women and .247 to .33 for men. Based on these results, you can reasonably conclude that