Consider the following experiment. You are one of 100 people enlisted to take pa

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Consider the following experiment. You are one of 100 people enlisted to take part in a study to determine the percent of nurses in America with an R.N. (registered nurse) degree. You ask nurses if they have an R.N. degree. The nurses answer "yes" or "no." You then calculate the percentage of nurses with an R.N. degree. You give that percentage to your supervisor.

a)What part of the experiment will yield discrete data?

- number of yes and no answers. -computed percentage - number of nurses at a hospital -percent of nurses in America with an R.N. degree -number of nurses in America

b)What part of the experiment will yield continuous data?

  - number of yes and no answers. -computed percentage - number of nurses at a hospital -percent of nurses in America with an R.N. degree -number of nurses in America

Explanation / Answer

a ) According to the problem , the response of the survey is either in " yes " or " no " , thus all the responses will be in discrete form . Hence , responses of the experiment will yield discrete data .

Discrete data ---------- Number of " yes " and " no " answers .

b ) The objective of the experiment is to find the percentage of nurses in America who have a " R.N. " degree . Thus percentage of nurses in America with an R.N. degree is actually a continuous data .

Continuous data ------------------- Percent of nurses in America with an R.N. degree

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