State Whether the Actual Data Are Discrete or Continuous and Explain

question 51

Multiple Choice

State whether the actual data are discrete or continuous and explain why.
-The freshman class sizes at mid western colleges in a given year

• A)Discrete because only counting numbers are used, and no values between the counting numbers are possible
• B)Continuous because the numbers can have any value within some range of values

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