Identify Discrete or Continuous Data

The number of orange Skittles in a bag. 

• Discrete

• Continuous

The number of suitcases lost by airlines. 

• Discrete

• Continuous

Joe is losing an average of .5 pounds a week.  Is this continuous or discrete data?

• Discrete

• Continuous

Discrete or continuous data?

• Discrete

• Continuous

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Number of phone calls answered by a call center agent during his/her shift

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Measuring the distance travelled by different cars using 1-liter of gasoline

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Recording the number of times each student goes to the bathroom in each school day

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Tallying the number of times a student has been late during the 1st term

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable