For Ease of Data Entry into a University Database, 1

question 85

Multiple Choice

For ease of data entry into a university database, 1 denotes that the student is an undergraduate and 2 indicates that the student is a graduate student. In this case data are

• A)categorical
• B)quantitative
• C)either categorical or quantitative
• D)neither categorical nor quantitative

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Definitions:

Rate

A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure, such as speed (distance per unit of time) or interest rate (interest per unit of time or per amount of principle).

Successes Occur

Instances in which an outcome meets the defined criteria for success in an experiment or set of observations.

Poisson Random Variable

A statistical measure that represents the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space.

Poisson Experiment

A Poisson experiment is a statistical experiment that classifies the experiment into a fixed number of trials, where each trial represents a specific time interval or region of space, and counts the number of times a particular event occurs.