The Chancellor of a Major University Was Concerned About Alcohol

question 133

Multiple Choice

The chancellor of a major university was concerned about alcohol abuse on her campus and wanted to find out the proportion of students at her university who visited campus bars on the weekend before the final exam week.Her assistant took a random sample of 250 students.The answer on "whether you visited campus bars on the weekend before the final exam week" from students in the sample is an example of .

• A)a categorical variable.
• B)a discrete variable.
• C)a continuous variable.
• D)a table of random numbers.

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