6.34 Barking deer. Microhabitat factors associated with forage and bed sites of barking deer in Hainan Island, China were examined. In this region woods make up 4.8% of the land, cultivated grass plot makes
up 14.7%, and deciduous forests make up 39.6%. Of the 426 sites where the deer forage, 4 were categorized
as woods, 16 as cultivated grassplot, and 61 as deciduous forests. The table below summarizes these data.”
Woods Cultivated grassplot
Deciduous forests Other Total
345 426
4
16
61
(a) Write the hypotheses for testing if barking deer prefer to forage in cer-
tain habitats over others.
(b) What type of test can we use to answer this research question?
(c) Check if the assumptions and conditions required for this test are sat-
isfied.
(d) Do these data provide convincing evidence that barking deer prefer to
forage in certain habitats over others? Conduct an appropriate hypoth-
esis test to answer this research question.
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