chapter 5

Question 1

random variable

Answer 1

a variable that contains the outcomes of a chance experiment

Question 2

discrete random variable

Answer 2

random variable in which the set of all possible values is at most a finite or a countably infinite number of possible values (generated from things that are counted, not measured)

Question 3

continuous random variable

Answer 3

variable that takes on values at every point over a given interval (generated from things that are measured, not counted)

Question 4

binomial distribution

Answer 4

widely known discrete distribution in which there are only two possibilities on any one trial