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ALEKS: > O www-awhaleks omale scginlsl.ee/10 ulgNsIkr7jaP3 H-N ALEKS Intro Stat Test Question #1 / 25 Which of the following variables are best thought of as continuous, which discrete? Indicate your choice for each by checking the appropriate column (a) The total number of goals scored by a soccer team in a season in bours, of a 100 watt ligat bulb manufactured by Northington Industries (c) The number of cellular phones owned by a family of four in Boston d) The number of participants in a study who describe themselves as "perfectionistic Clear

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a) As the variable "the total number of goals scored by the soccer team in a season", will rake the integrals values like 0, 1, 5, 12, 20,...

So it is a discrete variable

b) As the variable " the lifetime in hours of a 100, watt bulb, manufactured by Northington industry" will take the decimal values as well.

So it's a continuous variable

c) As the variable "The number of cellular phones owned by a family of four in Boston" will take Integral values only like 0, 2, 8, 12,...

So it is a discrete variable

d) The variable (Number of participants) will take integral values only

So it is a discrete variable

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