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

question 118

Multiple Choice

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 "How many videocassette recorders made by other manufacturers have you used?" are values from a

• A) continuous random variable.
• B) discrete random variable.
• C) parameter.
• D) categorical random variable.

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Definitions:

Insufficient Strength

A lack of adequate power or capability to produce a desired effect or outcome.

Staged Manipulation

A research method where conditions are deliberately created or modified by the researcher to observe their effect on behavior.

Straightforward Manipulations

Direct, clear changes made to the independent variable without the use of deception or complicated procedures.

Psychological State

A person's current mental and emotional condition.