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What is the difference between a discrete variable and a continuous variable?

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A continuous variable is one that can take any real numerical value. The length of a strip can be anything. A person's height and age can take any real values, within reasonable limits. Whereas, discrete variables will only have values that are whole numbers, like the number of people on a football team, or the number of major planets in the solar system. No star could ever have 5.62 major planets, for example.

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