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Discrete variables have numbers that can be counted. Continuous data is measurable. Discrete data are data which can only take on a finite or countable number of values within a given range. Continuous data are data which can take on any value. It is measured rather than counted. The mass of a given sample of iron is continuous; the number of marbles in a bag is discrete.

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Continuous data can take all possible values between two values while discrete data cannot.

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you can have desk that is 1 metre long or 1.2 metres or 1.2035 m or anything (provided you have instruments to measure with sufficient accuracy). But you can have only one child or 2 children or 3, etc. You cannot have 2.3 children!

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