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discrete data can only take on certain individual values

*true

lenght of a film is a continuous variable

*true
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all variables that can be measured are discrete variables

*false

the mean of a discrete random variable is given by u=eP(x).

*false

the probability of getting a head and a tail when two coins are tossed is equal to
0.5
*true

the variance of a random variable is given by 02=E(x-u)2P(x)

*true

the probability of each value of the discrete random variable is between 0 and 1
inclusive.
*true

number of people in a race is a discrete variable

*true

when three coins are tossed there is 3/8 probability of getting at least one tail
*false

if a single die is rolled the sample space is 1 2 3 4 5 6

*true

there are 6 possible oucomes when three coints are tossed

*false

there are 13 chances of drawing a heart in a deck of 52 cards

*true

the sum of all the probabilities is 1

*true

the discrete probability distribution lists each possible value the random variable
can assume together with its probability
*true

there is 1/36 probability of getting a sum of 12 when two dice are rolled
*true

what is the variance for the probability distribution of getting a head when two
coins are tossed
*0.5

a _____ variable has an infinite number of possible values that can be represented
by an interval on the nubmer line
*continuous

it gives the location of the line of symmetry

*mean

the normal probability distribution is _____ about its mean

*symmetrical

equal and located at the peak of a normal curve

*mean median mode

it is a measure obtained by using all the data values in the population

*parameter

process of selecting samples from a population using random numbers

*random sampling

the numberical descriptive measures calculated from the random sample obtained from
a population are called
*statistics

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