Question

1. Researchers performed an experiment exploring the independent and interactive effects of multiple mutualists on plant fitness. They controlled the presence of nectar-feeding ants that provide defense for the plant, as well as the presence of nitrogen-fixing microbial bacteria. Below is their raw data for you to properly and fully analyze with the appropriate analysis and presentation of the results:

Pot	Rhizobia	Ants	Fitness (Seeds)
2	No	No	179
4	No	No	113
8	No	No	216
15	No	No	63
16	No	No	135
21	No	No	208
1	No	Yes	248
6	No	Yes	377
9	No	Yes	270
12	No	Yes	350
18	No	Yes	248
24	No	Yes	220
3	Yes	No	674
5	Yes	No	696
10	Yes	No	433
19	Yes	No	882
20	Yes	No	302
22	Yes	No	583
7	Yes	Yes	609
11	Yes	Yes	1032
13	Yes	Yes	967
14	Yes	Yes	930
17	Yes	Yes	986
23	Yes	Yes	809

What type of analysis should you conduct, and why

What did the researchers find? Provide a succinct results section describing your inferential and descriptive results in text while also including a table and figure

How do I set up the ANOVA in excel?

Answer 1

Answer- the corelational analysis should be conductes for the study. it will reveal about the corelation between the presence of the mutualist and the fitness of seeds.

the researchers find that there was a corelation between the mutualist and seed fitness.

The absence of mutualist show normal seed fitness. the introduction of any one mutualist increase the seed fitness but the introduction of both mutualist show legendary increase in seed fitness.

absense of mutualist	introduction of any one mutualiat	introduction of both mutualist
normal seed fitness	slight increase in seed fitness	legendary increase in seed fitness

the raw data can be used for ANOVA in excel sheet.