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ERIC Number: EJ379255
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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How-To-Do-It: Snails, Pill Bugs, Mealworms, and Chi-Square? Using Invertebrate Behavior to Illustrate Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square.
Biermann, Carol
American Biology Teacher, v50 n2 p109-11 Feb 1988
Described is a study designed to introduce students to the behavior of common invertebrate animals, and to use of the chi-square statistical technique. Discusses activities with snails, pill bugs, and mealworms. Provides an abbreviated chi-square table and instructions for performing the experiments and statistical tests. (CW)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Biological Sciences, College Science, Higher Education, Invertebrates, Laboratory Animals, Laboratory Procedures, Science Activities, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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