Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259755330
Author: Allan G. Bluman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.1, Problem 13E
For Exercises 13 through 18, state whether the variable is discrete or continuous.
13. The number of books in your school’s library
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Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
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