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Title: A researcher measures the temperature of his laboratory room to the nearest degree, over a ten day ...
Post by: Liomustafa on Mar 19, 2018
A researcher measures the temperature of his laboratory room to the nearest degree, over a ten day period. He finds that the average is 68 Fahrenheit. In this example, temperature is a _____________ variable, and 68 represents the _________ limits of the measure.
 
  a. continuous variable, real limits
  b. discrete variable, real limits
  c. continuous variable, apparent limits
  d. discrete variable, apparent limits

Question 2

Which one of the following represents a continuous variable?
 
  a. Number of books borrowed from the library
  b. Number of students sharing a dorm room
  c. The height of the average freshman college student
  d. The siblings possessed by the average college student

Question 3

Which one of the following represents a continuous variable?
 
  a. noon temperature measured in Fahrenheit
  b. number of freshmen college students enrolled in an introductory psychology course
  c. number of shares traded on the New Stock Market on a given day
  d. rankings of U. S. Army officers from lowest to highest

Question 4

Which one of the following represents a discrete variable?
 
  a. number of children per family
  b. amount of water consumed daily by a laboratory rat
  c. noon temperature measured in Celsius
  d. rate of bar-pressing


Title: A researcher measures the temperature of his laboratory room to the nearest degree, over a ten day ...
Post by: whatever77 on Mar 19, 2018
Answer to q. 1

c

Answer to q. 2

c

Answer to q. 3

a

Answer to q. 4

a