DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS
TYPES OF DATA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Classify each as discrete or continuous. Water temperatures of six swimming pools in Pittsburgh on a given day.
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Discrete
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Continuous
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Volume is continuous, so the amount of water would be represented by a continuous random variable.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the animal shelter, after counting the cats, you’ll weigh them. The counts are discrete values while their weights are continuous.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some variables, such as social security numbers and zip codes, take numerical values, but are not quantitative: They are qualitative or categorical variables.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 30 high-temperature readings of the last 30 days., is it Qualitative or quantitative? Quantitative because it is numerical and can be ordered or ranked. The scores of 40 students on an English test, is it Qualitative or quantitative?
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