TABLE 1-1
The manager of the customer service division of a major consumer electronics company is interested in determining whether the customers who have purchased a Blu-ray player made by the company over the past 12 months are satisfied with their products.
-Referring to Table 1-1,the possible responses to the question "What brand of Blu-ray player did you purchase?" are values from a
A)discrete numerical variable.
B)continuous numerical variable.
C)categorical variable.
D)table of random numbers.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The possible responses to the question "What brand of Blu-ray player did you purchase?" are categorical, since they represent different categories or labels for the brands of Blu-ray players. They are not numerical values or a table of random numbers. Therefore, the best choice is C, categorical variable.

TABLE 1-1 The Manager of the Customer Service Division of a Major