ANSC 4395 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Graded A+

ANSC 4395 Exam 3 Questions and
Answers Graded A+

Most economically important traits in livestock are quantitative - Correct answer-

Statistics

Under the influence of many genes & the environment - Correct answer-Statistics

Expresses a continuous distribution from one extreme to the other - Correct

answer-Statistics

Normal distribution - Correct answer-Bell curve

Estimate of a parameter - Correct answer-Statistic

A value that describes a population - Correct answer-Parameter

All the members of a group - Correct answer-Population

A subset of the population - Correct answer-Sample

Has distinct classes - Correct answer-Discrete

For any two values there is a possible intermediate value - Correct answer-

Continuous

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, The two types of variables - Correct answer-Discrete & Continuous

The main measure of central tendency is - Correct answer-Mean

Two basic types of stats for a single variable - Correct answer-- measures of central

tendency

- measures of variability

Measures of central tendency - Correct answer-Mean, median, mode

Measures of variability - Correct answer-Standard deviation, variance, coefficient

of variation

A measure of how widely distributed the observations are around the mean (s) -

Correct answer-Standard deviation

The square of the standard deviation (s^2) - Correct answer-Variance

Useful for describing the genetic variability in a population - Correct answer-

Variance

The standard deviation expressed as a percentage of the mean - Correct answer-

Coefficient of variation

Useful for comparing the relative amounts of variation for various traits - Correct

answer-Coefficient of variation


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