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Animal behaviour from chi square test

Individual chi square questions

1. The data below was gathered in the Animal Behaviour lab. In this case, 5 zebra danios were placed in a container in compartment A of the aquarium and 5 goldfish were placed in a container in section C of the aquarium. The test fish, in this set of data was a zebra danio. Does this fish display schooling behaviour? Use the Chi-square test to see.

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1. The data below was gathered in the Animal Behaviour lab. In this
case, 5 zebra danios were placed in a container in compartment A of the
aquarium and 5 goldfish were placed in a container in section C of the
aquarium. The test fish, in this set of data was a zebra danio. Does
this fish display schooling behaviour? Use the Chi-square test to see.

Table 2-1

Zebra Fish

Time

(sec) Position of Fish

(A, B or C)

30 B

60 A

90 A

180 A

210 B

240 A

270 A

300 A

330 B

360 C

390 B

420 A

450 A

480 A

510 A

540 A

570 B

600


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