The Analysis of Biological Data
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Author: Michael C. Whitlock, Dolph Schluter
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Chapter 16, Problem 18AP
a.
To determine
To provide: The reason for the transformation of the data.
b.
To determine
To find: The type of the transformation that could be used to transform the data.
c.
To determine
To explain: If the
d.
To determine
To compute: The
e.
To determine
To check: The null hypothesis that the correlation is 0.
f.
To determine
To explain: The way in which data supports the hypothesis that nutrients from salmon are good for salmonberries.
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