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 videocassette recorder 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 videocassette recorder did you purchase?" are values from a
A) parameter.
B) discrete numerical random variable.
C) categorical random variable.
D) continuous numerical random variable.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The possible responses to the question "What brand of videocassette recorder did you purchase?" are categories or labels, such as Sony, GE, Zenith, etc. Therefore, the variable is categorical.

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