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the number of bar presses made by your rat in an experemental session continuouse scale or discrete scale?
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In maths there is discrete data and continuous data. Continuous data can be measured to any degree of accuracy, e.g. I am 1.8716749873651 metres tall. Discrete data cannot...e.g. I have 2 sisters. Discrete data cannot have halves or decimals, whole numbers only.
what is commonly used to show discrete data
Discrete data. Ideally over a relatively narrow spread.Discrete data. Ideally over a relatively narrow spread.Discrete data. Ideally over a relatively narrow spread.Discrete data. Ideally over a relatively narrow spread.
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Discrete - Each recorded data has a particular whole value e.g. Number of pencils in pencil cases, Number of correct answers in a test Continuous - The recorded data can have any value in a given range e.g. Height of students, Time taken to run 100m