Answered: In each of the following situations,…

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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In each of the following situations, identify the population, the units, and each variable that is measured, and tell if each variable is categorical or numerical.

A.) A quality control worker with Sweet-Tooth Candy weighs every 100th candy bar to make sure it is very close to the published weight.

Population: ?

Units: ?

Variable Measured: ?

Categorical or Numerical: ?

B.) Doris decides to clean her sock drawer out and sorts her socks into piles by color.

Population: ?

Units: ?

Variable Measured: ?

Categorical or Numerical: ?

C.) A researcher is studying the effect of a new drug treatment for diabetes patients. She performs an experiment on 200 randomly chosen individuals with type II diabetes. Because she believes that men and women may respond differently, she records each person’s gender, as well as the person’s change in blood sugar level after taking the drug for a month.

Population: ?

Units: ?

Variable Measured: ?

Categorical or Numerical: ?

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