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 DVD 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 "How many DVD players made by other manufacturers have you used?" are values from a
A) discrete random variable.
B) continuous random variable.
C) categorical random variable.
D) parameter.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A discrete random variable is one that can only take on a finite or countably infinite number of values. In this case, the possible responses to the question of how many DVD players made by other manufacturers have been used are integer values, making it a discrete random variable. The other answer choices do not accurately describe this type of variable.

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