Question

Determine whether the value given below is from a discrete or continuous data set. In a test of a method of gender selection, 725 couples used the XSORT method and 368 of them had baby girls. Choose the correct answer below. A. The data set is neither continuous nor discrete. B. A continuous data set because there are infinitely many possible values and those values can be counted C. A continuous data set because there are infinitely many possible values and those values cannot be counted D. A discrete data set because there are a finite number of possible values

Answer 1

D. A discrete data set because there are a finite number of possible values.

Explanation:

Assuming in a test of a method of gender selection, 725 couples used the XSORT method and 368 of them had baby girls. The value given is from a discrete data set because there are a finite number of possible values.

In Mathematics, a discrete data is a data set in which the number of possible values are either finite or countable.

On the other hand, a continuous data is a data set having infinitely many possible values and those values cannot be counted, meaning they are uncountable.

Hence, if 725 couples used the XSORT method and 368 of them had baby girls; this is a discrete data because the values (725 and 368) are finite and can be counted.