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anastassius
2 days ago
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A class of biology students conducted an experiment on ants. Each group was randomly assigned 20 ants. Each ant was placed halfw

ay between food located down a dark-colored path and food located down a bright-colored path.
Five of the groups find that the ants choose the bright path more often. Three groups find that the ants prefer the dark path and two groups find no preference among their ants.
A student who hypothesized that ants are attracted to bright colors found that this hypothesis was supported by his group's data.
How is the student’s conclusion an example of bias?
Biology
1 answer:
enyata [2.1K]2 days ago
6 0

Answer:

The outcome varies among different student groups as they repeat the experiment, leading to diverse results.

Explanation:

To achieve meaningful statistical results that affirm the hypothesis, students need to conduct the experiment multiple times and increase the sample size, denoted as n.

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