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Question for method Tables 1 and 2, below, show an edited data set of some of the components of the 'organizing framework' collected at two
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Tables 1 and 2, below, show an edited data set of some of the components of the 'organizing framework' collected at two sites in Sevilleta. Note that in each of them, 'NA' means that no data are available for that variable in the relevant year.
Table 1
Year | Precipitation/mm | Soil moisture/relative water content | Rabbit density/number of individualshectare1 | Coyote density/number of individualskm2 |
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1989 | 106.4 | NA | NA | NA |
1990 | 232.4 | NA | NA | NA |
1991 | 334.7 | NA | NA | NA |
1992 | 240.8 | NA | 0.060 | 0.880 |
1993 | 207.4 | NA | 0.272 | 0.702 |
1994 | 288.1 | NA | 0.125 | 0.793 |
1995 | 138.8 | NA | 0.246 | 0.575 |
1996 | 301.9 | 0.112 | 0.104 | 0.598 |
1997 | 325.3 | 0.123 | 0.168 | 0.703 |
1998 | 225.3 | 0.114 | 0.170 | 0.758 |
1999 | 235.7 | 0.094 | 0.138 | 1.065 |
2000 | 284.4 | 0.105 | 0.085 | 0.898 |
2001 | 214.8 | 0.095 | 0.058 | 0.945 |
2002 | 228.7 | 0.096 | 0.072 | 0.738 |
2003 | 133.2 | 0.100 | NA | 0.543 |
2004 | 301.4 | 0.112 | NA | 0.303 |
2005 | 277.4 | 0.110 | NA | NA |
I am a bit confused about part B they are asking to only use 2 variables in table one i think so i am not sure what to put in my spreadsheet ;
So i have tried doing a graph for the 1 table am i on the right track ?
n | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | ||||||
x1 | x2 | Rank (R1) | Rank (R2) | x1 | x2 | |||||
1 | 301.9 | 0.112 | 19 | 7.5 | Sum (R1 and R2) = | 155 | 55 | |||
2 | 325.3 | 0.123 | 20 | 10 | Count (n1 andn2) = | 10 | 10 | |||
3 | 225.3 | 0.114 | 13 | 9 | U values = | 0 | 100 | |||
4 | 235.7 | 0.094 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
5 | 284.4 | 0.105 | 17 | 5 | Medians = | 256.55 | 0.1075 | |||
6 | 214.8 | 0.095 | 12 | 2 | ||||||
7 | 228.7 | 0.096 | 14 | 3 | Test Statistic (U) = | 0 | ||||
8 | 133.2 | 0.1 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
9 | 301.4 | 0.112 | 18 | 7.5 | ||||||
10 | 277.4 | 0.11 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
11 | Compare the test statistic (U) against the critical value for n1 and n2 degrees of freedom | |||||||||
12 | ||||||||||
13 | For: | |||||||||
14 | n1 = | 10 | ||||||||
15 | n2 = | 10 | ||||||||
16 | Critical value | 23 | Significant p < 0.05 | |||||||
17 |
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