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

question 136

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 DVD player 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 DVD players made by other manufacturers have you used?" are values from a

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

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Definitions:

Phallic Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, the stage of psychosexual development from about 4 to 7 years of age in which the physical focus of the libido is the penis (for boys) and its absence (for girls).

Latency Period

A stage in psychosexual development, proposed by Freud, occurring from about age six to puberty, characterized by a decrease in sexual interest and activity.

Psychosexual Stages

Freud's theory on the stages of psychological development in childhood, each associated with a different erogenous zone.

Anal Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, the stage of psychosexual development, from about 18 months to 3 or 4 years of age, in which the physical focus of the libido is located in the anus and associated eliminative organs.