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Can you distinguish between discrete and continuous variables in statistics?
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Quick way to think about the difference: Discrete variables have to be measured in whole numbers; typically you can't have fractions of discrete variables. Continuous variables can be measured, if desired, to very fine levels of accuracy and are typically not thought of as being measured in whole numbers. Example: How many drinking glasses do you own? Your answer will be a whole number. A fraction of a drinking glass has no meaning, unless you're counting broken glasses. How much water is in that glass? Your answer could be finely measured over any number of different scales, to any number of decimal places. Amount of water would be a continuous variabe in this case. There are various ways to use and measure variables, so it depends on your research need. For example, water might be a discrete variable if you are using 8 ounce sealed bottles of water as your units.
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Number of notes in a song is discrete variable?
number of notes in a song is discrete variables or continuous variables
What is discrete and continuous?
Discrete means tangible units (In statistics it is individual units in a data). Continuous is a linear/series in ascending/descending form/order of individual units. (In statistics it is the continuous series of unit data)
Is the number of statistics students now reading a book discrete or continuous?
The random variable is discrete
What type of data has an infinite number of points between each measurement?
I think you are going for continuous variable, as compared with discrete variables.
Is depth continuous or discrete?
Continuous
What is the difference between continuous and discrete system?
The difference between continuous and discrete system lies in the variables. Whereas the continuous systems have dynamic variables, the discrete system have static variables.
What are continuous and discrete variables?
the value of variables is determined by the equation, discrete variables have absolute single value while the continuos have a range value
Number of notes in a song is discrete variable?
number of notes in a song is discrete variables or continuous variables
Classification of variables according of continuity of values?
Not continuous => Discrete variable. Continuous => Continuous variable.
Are quiz scores discrete or continuous variables?
Quiz and exam scores are discrete variables because they are defined as one exact number.
What is discrete and continuous?
Discrete means tangible units (In statistics it is individual units in a data). Continuous is a linear/series in ascending/descending form/order of individual units. (In statistics it is the continuous series of unit data)
Is the number of statistics students now reading a book discrete or continuous?
The random variable is discrete
Are negative numbers discrete random variables?
Discrete variables must be countable and not negative. So no a negative number must be a continuous variable.
Is time discrete or continuous?
Continuous. Discrete variables are only expressed as integer values, whereas continuous is, as its name suggests, continuous.
Difference between discrete and continuous?
A continuous variable is one that can take any value within an interval (or a set of intervals). A discrete variable is one that can only take certain values.Some further notes:* Often a discrete variable takes integer values, but that is not necessary.* Neither discrete nor continuous variables need be limited to a finite number of possible values.* Frequently, continuous variables are continuous only in principle, and the measuring instruments or recording make them discrete. Eg your height is continuous but as soon as it is recorded as 1.75 cm or 5'9", it is made discrete.
What is the difference between discrete and continuous graphs?
Discrete and Continuous GraphThis will be a very basic definition but understandable one A graph is discrete when one (or both) of the variables has discrete entries, its means that are entered number, without decimal part, so the graph has no continuity, the trace will be broken parts, not a single one.beside a continuous graph is a graph where both variables are continuous, it means that their field's are de Real number, so the trace it's a continuous line.Also we can differentiated because the range are points (in a discrete one) and all the numbers (in a continuous one).
What are five continuous variables?
You age, your height, your mass, the speed at which you run, the energy you burn in doing so. They may be measured as discrete quantities but the underlying variables are all continuous.
