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Continuous vs Discrete Variables.
Continuous vs Discrete Variables.
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Does this situation represent continuous or discrete data?
Discrete
Continuous
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What is statistics?
a push or pull
Gathering and Analyzing data
How likely something is to happen
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What are statistics?
The study of math
The study of numbers
The study of probability
The study of data
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Continuous Random Variables
can be counted
can NOT be counted
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How are discrete random variables different from continuous random variables?
Discrete random variables can be bounded on either side, unlike continuous
Discrete random variables have infinite outcomes, continuous have finite
Discrete random variables can only be used once
Discrete random variables have finite outcomes, continuous have infinite
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A survey was carried to determine the number of passengers in each car. Is this data discrete or continuous?
Continuous
Discrete
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Identify the random variable "Amount of SLEEP" as Continuous or Discrete or Categorical.
Discrete
Continuous
Qualitative
Categorical
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Is the following a discrete probability distribution?
No
Yes
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Discrete data - is data from.......
is counted
being measured
in a catergory
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Discrete random variables
can NOT be counted
can be counted
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Time taken a student to go home after school - Discrete or continuous data?
Continuous data
Discrete data
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What is discrete data?
is numeric but can also be categorical
is not restricted to defined separate values
is data that is difficult to collect
values that are small and hard to see
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We usually want statistics with..
high bias and high variability
low bias and low variability
low bias and high variability
high bias and low variability
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Which of the following is discrete data?
The number of pizzas ordered for the party
The number of telephone calls received by the operator
Waiting time at a traffic light
Students CGPA score upon graduation
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The main purpose of inferential statistics is to
Gather or collect data
Summarize data in a useful and informative manner
Deals with inferences about a population based on a sample
Making quantitative statements about observed data
