TABLE 1-2
A Wall Street Journal poll asked 2,150 adults in the U.S. 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 "How many people in your household are unemployed currently?" are values from a
A) discrete numerical random variable.
B) continuous numerical random variable.
C) categorical random variable.
D) parameter.

Question

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The possible responses to the question "How many people in your household are unemployed currently?" are values from a discrete numerical random variable, as the responses can only take on whole numbers and cannot have values in between.

TABLE 1-2 a Wall Street Journal Poll Asked 2,150 Adults in the in the U.S