Statistics- Intro to Discrete Random Variables

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What is discrete data?

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Discrete data is data that can only take specific values, often counted in whole numbers. For example, the number of siblings a person has.

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What is continuous data?

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Continuous data is data that can take any value within a given range, often measured. For example, a person's height can be any value within a range.

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Give an example of discrete data.

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The number of students in a classroom.

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Give an example of continuous data.

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The temperature outside.

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Is the number of cars produced in a factory each day discrete or continuous data?

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Discrete data.

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Is the height of a person discrete or continuous data?

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Continuous data.

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What type of data is the number of oranges produced by a tree each year?

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Discrete data.

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What type of data is the average weight of a group of people?

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Continuous data.

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True or False: The number of pets a family has is continuous data.

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False, it is discrete data.

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True or False: The amount of juice in a bottle is continuous data.

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True.