A researcher wonders whether talking to plants keeps them from dying, and conducts a study in which he talks to one group of five plants and do not talk to a second group of five plants.After two weeks the researcher records how many plants have died in each group.This number is a _____ dependent variable, which means that the data can be analyzed using a _____ test.
A) nominal; nonparametric
B) scale; nonparametric
C) nominal; parametric
D) scale; parametric

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The number of plants that have died is a nominal variable because it categorizes the plants into two groups: dead or alive. Nominal data is typically analyzed using nonparametric tests.

A Researcher Wonders Whether Talking to Plants Keeps Them from Dying