In the world of data analysis and statistics, continuous and discrete data play fundamental roles. These two types of quantitative data serve different purposes as people use them to draw valuable ...

Variation is the differences between individuals of the same species, caused by genetic and environmental factors. Surveys into variation give data that are continuous, which means to come in a range, ...

Characteristics controlled by a single gene (one copy inherited from each parent) tend to have phenotypes that fall into separate categories. They show discrete variation.