Discrete or Continuous. In exercises 5 - 8, determine whether the given values a

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Discrete or Continuous. In exercises 5 - 8, determine whether the given values are from a discrete of continuous data set.

5-Vote Counts – In the 2016 presidential election Clinton received 62,829,832 votes and Trump received 61,488,190 votes.

6-Percent Alcohol – The ABV (alcohol by volume) of Iron City Beer is 4.5%.

7-Football Lineman Weights – The mean weight of a Pittsburg Steeler Offensive Lineman is 309.83 pounds.

8-Pets – In a survey of 1010 adults, age 18 and older, it is found that 60% of them have more than one pet in their homes (based on a Gallup Poll).

Levels of Measurement – In exercises 9-12, determine which of the four levels of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio) is most appropriate.

9-Weights of Pittsburg Steeler lineman.

10-The years of 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 2006 and 2009 when the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl.

11-Numbers on the jerseys of the 2009 NFL Super Bowl XLIII winners.

12-Consumer Reports magazine ratings of “best buy, recommended, not recommended.”

13-A reporter for Newsweek stands on a street corner and asks 10 adults if they feel that the current president is doing a good job. Identify the (a) sample and (b) population. Also, determine whether the sample is likely to be representative of the population.

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Solution:-

5) Vote count is Descrete data set

6) Percent alcohol is from continuous data set.

7)Football linesman weight is from comtinuous data set.

8) Decrete data set.

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