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Course: High school biology?>?Unit 1
Lesson 1: Biology and the scientific method- Biology overview
- Preparing to study biology
- What is life?
- The scientific method
- The scientific method
- Data to justify experimental claims examples
- Scientific method and data analysis
- Introduction to experimental design
- Controlled experiments
- Biology and the scientific method review
- Experimental design and bias
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Scientific method and data analysis
Problem
A biology student wanted to determine if there is a relationship between resting heart rate and body height. She gathered information from 12 classmates and constructed the table below.
Student height (cm) | Resting heart rate (beats per minute) |
---|---|
155 | 60 |
156 | 65 |
156 | 78 |
165 | 72 |
170 | 67 |
175 | 62 |
175 | 80 |
180 | 64 |
180 | 73 |
190 | 68 |
194 | 78 |
195 | 63 |
Which of the following is best supported by the data in the table?