State Whether the Actual Data Are Discrete or Continuous and Explain

question 101

Multiple Choice

State whether the actual data are discrete or continuous and explain why.
-The number of limbs on each oak tree in a given forest

• A)Discrete because only counting numbers are used, and no values between the counting numbers are possible
• B)Continuous because the numbers can have any value within some range of values

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Definitions:

Chunking

A cognitive strategy for organizing information into meaningful groups or chunks to enhance memory and recall.

Parallel Search

A search for information in which several stores or slots of information are simultaneously examined to match to the target.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list better than those in the middle or end.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease.