2004, Form B, Question 6 · 4 points · about 25 minutes
Banded birds on two islands
Test for a difference in the proportion of banded birds on two islands, estimate one island's population from the banded share, and give two concerns about treating the captures as random samples.
This exam had six free-response questions, each scored from 0 to 4. Its Question 6, the Investigative Task, is no longer part of the exam. The current exam has 4 free-response questions in 90 minutes. The skills these questions practice still count.
1 Read the question
The question is College Board's, from the 2004, Form B exam. It starts on page 10 of the PDF. College Board no longer posts this exam, so it opens from the copy of College Board's PDF that the Internet Archive saved on April 5, 2025.
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2 Write your answer
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3 Score it
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