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Instructions: Form a conclusion about statisticalsignificance.Do not make any formal calculations.Eitheruse results provided or make subjective judgments about theresults. Questions:         Mendel's Geneticsexperiments: One of Gregor Mendel's famous hybridizationexperiments with peas yielded 580 offspring with 152 of thosepeas (or 26%) having yellow pods. According to Mendel's theory.25%of the off spring peas should have yellow pods.Do the results ofthe experiment differ from Mendel's claimed rate of 25% by anamount that is statistically significant?. Help with this question ,please. Instructions: Form a conclusion about statisticalsignificance.Do not make any formal calculations.Eitheruse results provided or make subjective judgments about theresults. Questions:         Mendel's Geneticsexperiments: One of Gregor Mendel's famous hybridizationexperiments with peas yielded 580 offspring with 152 of thosepeas (or 26%) having yellow pods. According to Mendel's theory.25%of the off spring peas should have yellow pods.Do the results ofthe experiment differ from Mendel's claimed rate of 25% by anamount that is statistically significant?. Help with this question ,please.

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I calculated the Medel's 25% was equal to 145. The difference between 25% and 26% is 5 pea pods. 5 divided by 145 ,the original amount, is .034 or 3.4 % making the difference insignificant.

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