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

question 17

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 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 Blu-ray player made by the company over the past 12 months are satisfied with their products.
-Referring to Scenario 1-1,the possible responses to the question "How many people are there in your household?" are values from a

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

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Definitions:

Confounding Variable

An outside influence that changes the effect of a dependent and independent variable on each other, potentially skewing the results of a study.

Factor Being Studied

The specific element or variable that is being investigated or examined in research or experiments.

Influence Study's Results

Factors or variables that can affect the outcome or findings of a research study.

Randomly Assign Participants

A method used in experiments where individuals are assigned to groups in a way that each participant has an equal chance of being placed in any group, reducing bias and variability.