BIOL 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Variance, Null Hypothesis, F-Test

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Sample variance are estimates just like sample means. Look at ratio of variance between two populations. Given by an f-distribution with df1 and df2. Evaluates the hypothesis that two variance are equal. Null hypothesis is that the variance are equal. Alternative hypothesis is that the variance are not equal. F-distribution is given by the ratio of the sample variance. Two (equivalent) ways to test for a significance slope t-test on the slope t0: analysis of variance (anova) Compares a regression with, and without, a slope. Yi on the slope (regression line) predicts value at xi. Yi on the residual represents the observed data at xi. There are three sources of variation: total variation: grand mean to the data point, residual variation: predicted line to data point, regression variation: grand mean to the predicted line. T-test on the slope and the anova will yield the same p-value ! Can be used to for one-tailed or two-tailed.

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Introduction: A Chi-square test is used to compare observed data with expected data according to a hypothesis. For instance, if you were crossbreeding 2 heterozygous pea plants, you would expect to see a 3:1 phenotypic ratio in the offspring. In this case, if you were to breed 400 pea plants, you would expect to see 300 plants showing the dominant trait and 100 showing the recessive trait. But what happens if you observe only 260 plants with the dominant trait and 140 plants with the recessive trait? Does this mean something is wrong with Mendelian genetics or is this difference in expected results just due to chance (random sampling error)? These are the questions that can be answered using Chi-square statistics. The results of this statistical test is used to either reject or accept (fail to reject) the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis states there is no significant difference between the observed results and the expected results. This means that if the null hypothesis is accepted, the difference in observed and expected results was just a matter of chance and so the observed results basically "fit" with what was expected. Degrees of freedom (df) = number of independent outcomes (Y) being compared less 1 df = Y-1 At the 95% confidence interval we are 95% confident that there is a significant difference between the observed and expected results, therefore rejecting the null hypothesis. Probability Value - Is the decimal value determined from the X2 table and is the probability of accepting the null hypothesis. A 0.05 probability value equates to a 95% confidence interval.

The Chi-squared test formula is: Example: If we cross two pea plants that are heterozygous yellow pods, we would expect a 3:1 phenotypic ratio. So let's say we actually did the cross and got 280 plants with green pods and 120 plants with yellow pods. Question: Is this a 3:1 phenotypic ratio? This is the value of Chi-squared Test. We have a total of 400 plants and we expect a 300 green:100 yellow phenotypic ratio If the calculated Chi-squared value is less than the critical value listed in the Chi-squared table, then we accept the null hypothesis. This means that there is no significant difference between the observed and the expected values. Our degrees of freedom (df) = 2 outcomes - 1, or df = 1. Now we go the X2 table below and using the df = 1 and probability value of 0.05, our critical value is 3.84. Since our calculated X2 value is 5.33, and is larger than the critical value, we reject the null hypothesis and can say (at 95% confidence) that there is a significant difference between our observed and expected values.

The parent generation is yellowed podded and green podded pea plants. You cross a yellow podded pea plant with a green podded pea plant and you get 100% yellow podded plants in the F1 Generation (Phenotypic ratio 4 : 0, yellow to green). What will be the expected phenotypic ratio when you allow the F1 generation to reproduce?

Fill out the Punnett square.

If we actually did the cross and got 1150 yellow and 350 green. Would this be a consistent with what was expected?

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1. Why would you run a Chi-squared test?

To determine if our data is consistent with expected results.
		a To determine if our data is consistent with expected results. b To determine if our data exactly matches the expected results.
		c To determine the expected results.
	d	To compare the phenotypic ratios to the genotypic ratios.

2. Determine the degrees of Freedom of the phenotypic ratio for this genetic cross.

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. 5

3. Using the data given, what is the result of your Chi-squared analysis? x2= ___.

	a.	2.22
	b	2.71
	c	4.36
	d	187.78
	e	448.27

4. Using the results of your Chi-squared analysis, do we fail to reject or reject the null hypothesis?

a.		Fail to reject the null
b.		Reject the null
c.		It cannot be determined from the data given

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