The process of comparing different sized subsamples to determine whether enough information has been collected is called:
Answer
Rarefaction
SIMPER
Parsimony
‘Strength of Evidence’
Question 2
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True or false: Rarefaction standardises unequal sample sizes by effectively bringing the largest down to the smallest.
Answer
True
False
Question 3
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True or false: Rarefaction standardises unequal sample sizes by effectively bringing the smallest up to the largest.
Answer
True
False
Question 4
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Differentiating between accumulation and rarefaction curves (individual and sample-based):
- Accumulation: total # of spp during process of data collection
- Rarefaction: repeatedly subsampling [blank_start]________[blank_end] replacement from the data (progressive data reduction)
Answer
Without
With
Question 5
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Chao estimators are [blank_start]____________[blank_end] estimators for species richness.