Question

For the following random sample:

"For 100 randomly chosen college students, the number of hours each slept the previous night."

state:

1) a possible population

2) whether the data is discrete , continuous or categorical

3) the sample space for one sample or observation

Answer 1

1) a possible population

The number of hours students sleep every night

2) whether the data is discrete , continuous or categorical

Since its the number of hours, data is continuous

3) the sample space for one sample or observation

S = [0,24]

All real number between 0 to 24 hours