50 students were randomly sampled and asked questions about their exercise habits. One of the questions they were asked concerned the frequency of exercise, defined to be the number of times
They exercised in a week. This variable would be characterized as which type of random variable?
A)continuous
B)discrete

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The frequency of exercise, defined as the number of times someone exercises in a week, is a count of occurrences. This makes it a discrete random variable because it can only take on specific, separate values (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3 times a week) rather than any value within an interval.

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