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 2Which 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 3Which 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 4Which 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
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