Discrete and Continuous Data

Discrete and Continuous Data

What is Discrete Data?

Data that can only take certain values

What does Discrete Data look like?

Examples of Discrete Data

Number of Students in a Class

Number of Candy Bars Sold

Number of Cars Sold

How dows Continuous Data look like?

What is Continuous Data?

Data that can take any value

Examples of Continuous Data

Hours, Minutes, Seconds

Month, Year

Speed

Examples of Discrete Data

Number of Students in a Class

Number of Candy Bars Sold

Number of Cars Sold

Baseball Game Data

Table of Values

Baseball Game Graph

Poll

Can 1/2 a person go to a game? How about 3 1/2 people?

• Yes

• No

Because the answer was NO we do not connect the dots.

Draining a Bath Tub Table

Draining a Bathtub

Graph

Poll

Can we measure the bathtub in 1 1/2 minutes? How about 5 1/2 minutes?

• Yes

• No

Because we answered YES we need to connect the points on the graph.