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Genetic analysis paper quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How would you cite this paper?

a)

C 2014 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution

License

b)

Genetic analysis of hair samples

attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other

anomalous primates (2014)

c)

Sykes BC, Mullis RA,

Hagenmuller C, Melton TW, Sartori M. 2014

Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to

yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates.

Proc. R. Soc. B 281: 20140161.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0161

d)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

2.

Which symbol indicates open access?

a)
b)
3.

Complete the sentence: The lead researcher is at the University of (a)   .

4.

On which page is the abstract?

a)

Page 1

b)

Page 2

c)

Page 3

d)

Page 4

5.

What do these numbers mean?

a)

Harvard in-text citations

b)

Footnotes

c)

Data

d)

Vancouver style numbered referencing

6.

In which section would you find how many samples were analysed in the study?

a)

Introduction

b)

Material and methods

c)

Results and Discussion

d)

References

7.

According to the data in table 1, which country had the most samples misattributed to bigfoot?

a)

India

b)

Bhutan

c)

Russia

d)

USA

8.

Did the study find any evidence to support the existence of anomalous primates?

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

What recommendations do the authors make in their conclusion?

a)

Researchers should use the techniques described in this article to analyse evidence for anomalous primates

b)

Supporters of the existence of anomalous primates should reject science

c)

Primate samples do not need rigorous analysis

d)

Scientists should be more flexible in their use of evidence to support their theories

10.

Do you believe there is a bigfoot in the wild?

a)

Yes! I saw it on TV so it must be true

b)

No - that's just a story for kids

c)

I'll assess the evidence and then decide