Lab 1

Question 1

Frugivores

Answer 1

Animals that eat fruit

Question 2

Phytophages

Answer 2

Leaf eating insects

Question 3

Stratified random sampling advantages and disadvantages

Answer 3

Advantages: efficient and accurate data collection, fair to the participants, stronger research results

Disadvantages: room for bias, takes more time and effort, the resulting sample may not represent the full population

Question 4

Control variable

Answer 4

Variables that are not changed through trials in an experiment because the experimenter is not interested in the effect of that variable being changed

Question 5

Replication

Answer 5

Reception of an experiment or observation with the same or similar conditions

Question 6

Give an example of categorical data, discrete data, and continuous data

Answer 6

Categorical: eye colour
Discrete: how many cars in a parking lot
Continuous: height