1.For each of the hypothetical research situations described identify the scale of measurement and indicate whether the data are discrete or continuous.

a.Number of complaint letters received by a firm's administrator

b.You measure the body lengths (in inches) of 10 full term infants as birth and record the following:

17.5 19.5 17.51920

21181819.510.75

c.Number of tomato's on each plant in a field

d.Number of students taking ESLCE each year

e.Miles driven by city -bus drivers each day

f.Number of cartons of corn oil manufactured each day

g.Weights of newborn children at Black Lion hospital

h.Geologists have a "hardness scale" for identifying different rocks, called Mohs'scale. The hardest rock (diamond) has a value of 10 and will scratch all others. The second hardest will scratch all but diamond, and so on, down to a rock such as talc, with a value of one, which can be scratched by any other rock

i.The volumes of three different cubes are 40, 64, and65 cubic inches.

j.Three different high ways are identified by their umbers:40,64,and 65

k.Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and others are identified on the voters' list with numbers 1, 2, 3, & 4.

l.The pages of a book are numbered from 1 through 150

m.The winner of the Miss America was Miss California; runners-up were Miss Ohio and Miss Pennsylvania

n.The prices on three items were $3.00, $10.00, and$12.00.

o.She earned three degrees: B.SC., M.SC., and PhD.