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On the contrary, the number of children in a given family is a discontinuous variable. If you were talking about averagenumbers of children, that would be a continuous variable because the average could be any number, 2.3987, or 3.07428, and so forth. But in a given family, the number of children is always an integer. You can have none, or one, or two, or three, etc., but you cannot have two and a quarter children. So the variable is not continuous.
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Is number of children a continuous variable or categorical variable?
Neither. It is a discrete variable.
Is family size a continuous variable?
No, this is a discrete variable since it can assume only whole number values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ... . A continuous variable would be one such as volume of water in a swimming pool which could be measured in real number units of volume.
Is age a continuous variable?
Continuous variables have an unlimited number of possibilities between two points. In the scientific realm, age is a continuous variable.
Is a number of employees of a branch a continuous variable?
No, the number of employees can only take discrete integer values. For a variable to be continuous, it has to be able to take any/every point of a particular range. e.g. any point between 0 and 1.
Is the number of statistics students now reading a book discrete or continuous?
The random variable is discrete
Is number of children a continuous variable or categorical variable?
Neither. It is a discrete variable.
Is family size a continuous variable?
No, this is a discrete variable since it can assume only whole number values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ... . A continuous variable would be one such as volume of water in a swimming pool which could be measured in real number units of volume.
What does continuous variable mean in science?
A quantitative variable where there is a continuous (no infinite number) of attributes. For example length/height/weight can be measure as continuous as it has not set number
Is age a continuous variable?
Continuous variables have an unlimited number of possibilities between two points. In the scientific realm, age is a continuous variable.
Is a telephone number a continuous variable?
No it is not a continuous variable because whilst you could have telephone numbers such as 123456 and 123457 you could not have a telephone number that was in between these two such as 123456.5.
What is Continuous characters?
Primary locator, secondary locator, variable: - number.
What type of variable is the number of car accidents reported in your city?
Depends, if you're looking for the raw score then you have a continuous ordinal variable. If you have range of number of car accidents, then you have an interval variable.
Is the variable is discrete or continuous the number of keys on each student's key chain?
A random variable such as the number of keys on each student's key chain is discrete because you can list the possible values it can assume. If it was continuous one would not be list a continuous random variable because it would be impossible. The keys on the key chains would be discrete.
Is number of children continuous data in statistics?
No, it is not. You cannot have 2.97 children!
Is number of errors per pupil in a spelling test is discrete variable or continuous?
Discrete.
Is a number of employees of a branch a continuous variable?
No, the number of employees can only take discrete integer values. For a variable to be continuous, it has to be able to take any/every point of a particular range. e.g. any point between 0 and 1.
What is continuous variable?
A continuous variable is one that can assume different values between each point. Put as an example (e.g when looking at height) one can assume a height of 178, 178.1, 178.2. . . 178.9. Thus continuous variables can be used when looking at time or length for example. Continuous variables will differ from discrete variables which assume a fixed value for example number of times you take a shower, how many cars you have or how many kids in a family. Values can not be specified as decimals (e.g. you can not have 1.2 cars or 2.7 kids in a family).
