Measures of time, height, temperature, and thickness are all examples of continuous data. Discrete data is data such as ...

A dripping tap shows discrete data, because each individual drop can be counted. The data collected will simply show the number of drops. A gushing tap is an example of continuous data.

Presenter 2: With discrete data, there is a further distinction which needs to be made. Presenter 1: This is between "categoric" and "numeric". Presenter 2: Numeric is numbers. For example ...