Question 22M.2.HL.TZ2.a
| Date | May 2022 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 22M.2.HL.TZ2.a |
| Level | HL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ2 |
| Command term | State | Question number | a | Adapted from | N/A |
A group of students used quadrat sampling and the chi-squared test to find out whether the distributions of two plant species were associated with each other or not. These two species were found in the ground vegetation in a woodland ecosystem.
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(right) Topic, J., n.d. Veronica montana 2. [image online] Available at: http://www.freenatureimages.eu/Plants/
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The numbers of quadrats with one, both or neither species present were counted and recorded. The observed frequencies from 150 quadrats are shown in the following contingency table.
State the alternative hypothesis for this study.
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there is a positive / negative association between the two species;
they tend to grow together / they tend to grow apart;
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There were many correct answers, but a number confused the alternate and null hypotheses.
