Categorical Data: data that are types not numbers. Example: colours, foods, clothes,etc.

Continuous Data: data that can have any numerical data within a specific infinite (non-ending) or finite (ending) range. Example: height of a person, weight

Discrete Data: Data that are distinct and can be counted (whole numbers). Example: The number of people who like pizza.

The temperature in Florida each day in July continuous

The number of students who achieved an “A” in Mrs. Schaefer’s class. discrete

The favourite season of students at HHSS categorical

The number of hours students work in a week discrete

The time it takes for students to get to school each day continuous

Example 1: