Question

For the data given in Q1, if applies, indicate which of the above measurements are discrete (D) and which are continuous (C). Otherwise just mention: doesn’t apply.

	a) classification of cars based on size; such as: subcompact, compact, standard, luxury
	b) languages spoken by CUNY students
	c) height of the members of Mens Basketball team
	d) ranking of tennis players
	e) how often the employees of the cafeteria use the telephone
	f) Celsius temperatures of Queens College dorms
	g) eye color of students in BUS310 class
	h) strength categories of hurricanes (1, 2, …, 5)
	i) amount of flour in a cheese-pie
	j) scores on the GRE Exam (range is from 200 to 800)
	k) number of defective syringes in batches of 500 made by Safety Co.
	l) ethnicity of patients in a physician’s office
	m) daily amount of snow that falls in NYC, NY in January 2011
	n) rating scale of 1 to 5, representing: strongly dislike, dislike, neutral, like, strongly like
	o) number of educators in each daycare classroom

Answer 1

Doesn’t apply	a) classification of cars based on size; such as: subcompact, compact, standard, luxury
Doesn’t apply	b) languages spoken by CUNY students
Continuous	c) height of the members of Mens Basketball team
Discrete	d) ranking of tennis players
Doesn’t apply	e) how often the employees of the cafeteria use the telephone
Continuous	f) Celsius temperatures of Queens College dorms
Doesn’t apply	g) eye color of students in BUS310 class
Doesn’t apply	h) strength categories of hurricanes (1, 2, …, 5)
Continuous	i) amount of flour in a cheese-pie
Discrete	j) scores on the GRE Exam (range is from 200 to 800)
Discrete	k) number of defective syringes in batches of 500 made by Safety Co.
Doesn’t apply	l) ethnicity of patients in a physician’s office
Continuous	m) daily amount of snow that falls in NYC, NY in January 2011
Doesn’t apply	n) rating scale of 1 to 5, representing: strongly dislike, dislike, neutral, like, strongly like
Discrete	o) number of educators in each daycare classroom