TABLE 1-2
A Wall Street Journal poll asked 2,150 adults in the United States a series of questions to find out their view on the U.S.economy.
-Referring to Table 1-2,the possible responses to the question "In which year do you think the last recession in the United States started?" are values from a
A)discrete numerical variable.
B)continuous numerical variable.
C)categorical variable.
D)table of random numbers.

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Discrete numerical variables are variables that can only take on certain values, usually whole numbers. In this case, the possible responses to the question "In which year do you think the last recession in the United States started?" are values from a discrete numerical variable, as they can only be whole numbers.

TABLE 1-2 a Wall Street Journal Poll Asked 2,150 Adults in the in the United