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.

Discrete data can be further refined into discrete numeric data and discrete attribute data. Examples of discrete numeric ...

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 ...

However, we'll ignore the jokers and face cards for this example, and focus only on number cards replicated in each suit. As a result, we are left with 40 cards, a set of discrete data.