MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each statement carefully and select the LETTER of your best answer.

1. It is the practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities

A. Statistics

B. Probability

C Data

D. Sets

2. It is a branch of mathematics that deals with calculating the likelihood of a given event's occurrence

A. Statistics

B. Probability

C. Data

D. Sets

3. A random variable which takes on a finite or countable number of values

A Statistics

B. Probability

C. Discrete random variable

D. Continuous random

4. A random variable which takes on a non-countable infinite number of values

A Statistics

B. Probability

C. Discrete random variable

D. Continuous random variable


5. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?

l. The average height of a randomly selected group of boys.

II. The annual number of sweepstakes winners from New York City.

III. The number

of presidential elections in the 20th century.

A. I and II

B. II only

C. lll only

D. I only​