08. Video: Data Types (Continuous vs. Discrete)

Continuous vs. Discrete

We can think of quantitative data as being either continuous or discrete .

Continuous data can be split into smaller and smaller units, and still a smaller unit exists. An example of this is the age of the dog - we can measure the units of the age in years, months, days, hours, seconds, but there are still smaller units that could be associated with the age.

Discrete data only takes on countable values. The number of dogs we interact with is an example of a discrete data type.