Researchers Are Concerned That the Weight of the Average American

Multiple Choice

Researchers are concerned that the weight of the average American school child is increasing implying, among other things, that children's clothing should be manufactured and marketed in larger sizes. If X is the weight of school children sampled in a nationwide study, then X is an example of

A) a discrete random variable.
B) a parameter.
C) a continuous random variable.
D) a categorical random variable.