The Analysis of Biological Data
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Author: Michael C. Whitlock, Dolph Schluter
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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To explain: To determine population of interest of the study. All the pine trees of the coast
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To determine
To explain: The reason why the average of the ages of the tree found in each plot was considered as the unit measurement. Not considering the by combining to a single sample of the ages of all the trees.
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