Question

study 1: a researcher at a marketing firm wants to determine how popular a product is so he asks people to fill out a questionnaire in which he determines 15 out of 100 people use the product.
study 2: a clinic gives a certain drug to a group of patients and a placebo to another group to find out if the drug has an effect on the patients illness.
select the correct statement.
study 1 and study 2 are both observational studies.
study 1 and study 2 are both experimental studies.
study 1 is an experimental study while study 2 is observational.
study 1 is an observational study while study 2 is experimental.
question #11
the number of employees at a company is determined. identify the type of data.
categorical data
discrete data
continuous data
qualitative data

Explanation:

Question 11

Categorical data classifies data into groups. Discrete data consists of distinct, countable values. Continuous data can take any value within a range. Qualitative data is descriptive. The number of employees is a countable value (e.g., 100 employees, 200 employees), so it is discrete.

Answer:

Discrete data