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WorksheetsContinuous and Random Variable
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 32mins
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Rotating a spinner that has 4 equally divided parts: blue, green, yellow, and red
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Collecting data about the mileage per liter of a certain brand and model of a car
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
tossing a pair of fair coins
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Recording the number of points scored by a NBA team in each game of the 2018 season
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Number of phone calls answered by a call center agent during his/her shift
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Recording number of medals that the Philippine team won in each of the past 20 Olympic games
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Measuring the distance travelled by different cars using 1-liter of gasoline
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Measuring the length of time it takes before a dolphin surfaces in the ocean to breath
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Recording the number of times each student goes to the bathroom in each school day
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.
Tallying the number of times a student has been late during the 1st term
Discrete Random Variable
Continuous Random Variable
This takes numerical values that describe outcomes of a chance process.
Probability distribution
Random variable
Standard deviation
Sample space
This gives the possible values and the probabilities of a random variable.
Probability distribution
Discrete random variable
Continuous random variable
Sample space
This kind of random variable only takes integer values.
Continuous
Integer
Discrete
Value
This type of random variable can take on any real number value.
Discrete
Value
Real
Continuous
Which one of the following is discrete data?
Sam is 160 cm tall
Sam weighs 60 lbs.
Sam ran 100 meters in 10.2 seconds
Sam has two brothers and one sister
Find the missing value for P(X=5) in the probability ditribution:
Number of Toys | Probability
0| 0.03
1| 0.16
2| 0.30
3| 0.23
4| 0.17
5| ?
0.11
0.21
0.01
0.31
What does P(Y<3) mean?
The probability that the random variable Y is greater than 3.
The probability that the random variable Y is less than 3.
The probability that the random variable X is greater than 3.
The probability that the random variable X is less than 3.
Consider the following distribution where X = number of mice caught in an apartment in a night:
Mice | Probability
0 | 0.12
1 | 0.20
2 | 0.31
3 | 0.14
4 | 0.16
5 | 0.07
Is X discrete or continuous?
Discrete
Continuous
Consider the following distribution where X = number of mice caught in an apartment in a night:
Mice | Probability
0 | 0.12
1 | 0.20
2 | 0.31
3 | 0.14
4 | 0.16
5 | 0.07
Which of the following means "trapping at least one mouse?"
X<1
X<1
X>1
X>1
