Question

State whether the data described below are discrete or continuous, and explain why.The times (in minutes) it takes different students to drive to school from homeChoose the correct answer below;A. The data are continuous because the data can only take on specific values.B. The data are discrete because the data can take on any value in an interval.C. The data are continuous because the data can take on any value in an interval.D. The data are discrete because the data can only take on specific values.

Answer 1

A continuous variable is defined as a variable which can take an uncountable set of values or infinite set of values.

Since time can take on any values at the interval then the data is continuous.