Question: 22. One possible explanation for why some bird's migration and others maintain year-round residency in a single location is intelligence. Specifically, birds with small brains,
22. One possible explanation for why some bird's migration and others maintain year-round residency in a single location is intelligence. Specifically, birds with small brains, relative to their body size, are simply not smart enough to find food during the winter and must migrate to warmer climates where food is easily available (Sol, Lefebvre, & Rodriguez- Teijeiro, 2015). Birds with bigger brain on the other hand, are more creative and can find food even when the weather turns harsh. Following are hypothetical data similar to the actual research results. The numbers represent relative brain size for the individual birds in each sample.
Non-Migrating Short Distance Migrates Long Distance Migrates
18 6 4
13 11 9 N=18
19 7 5 G=18
12 9 6 x= 2150
16 8 5
12 13 7
M= 15 M= 9 M= 6
T= 90 T= 54 T= 36
SS= 48 SS= 34 SS= 16
a) Use an ANOVA with = .05 to determine whether there are any significant mean differences among the three groups of birds.
c) Use the Tukey HSD post-test to determine which groups are significantly different.
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