Discrete Data - Defintion & Examples
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Problems 27
- Is the above data discrete?
- Is the data above discrete?
- True or False\text{True or False}True or False === A discrete graph always represents a function.
- What does it mean if data (specifically a set of plotted points) is discrete?
- Which of the graphs above is discrete?
- Which is a good way to represent discrete data?
- Which of the following sets of points form(s) a discrete graph above?
- In 2016,2016,2016, the US Census Bureau released the number of children per household, with the average number being 2.5.2.5.2.5. What type of graph would best represent this da…
- Which of the following functions has a discrete graph?
- Consider some function defined for any real input, like f(x)=x2f(x) = x^2f(x)=x2. Which of the following sets is a discrete subset of the domain of f(x)f(x)f(x)?
- Which of the following quantities is discrete?
- Which of the following does not represent discrete data?
- What could the yyy-values represent? Select the best choice below.
- Which of the following, when graphed, is discrete?
- Which of the graphs shown is discrete?
- A ski resort has a list of prices according to the amount of hours skied, rounded up to the nearest hour. Does the table represent discrete or continuous data?
- Which colored graph could represent the number of children per grade in a school? Suppose the xxx-axis represents the grade level while the yyy-axis represents the number of chi…
- The graph above records the amount of candy given out by a couple of houses on 13th street. What kind of graph is this?
- Which of the following are usually true in word problems and real-world applications? Select all that apply.
- If the xxx-axis in a graph represents discrete data (such as the number of children in a family) while the yyy-axis represents continuous data (such as average income among fami…
- Using the graph above, select the yyy-coordinate(s) for all discrete data when x=4x=4x=4.
- Above is the graph of the the average June temperatures in Pittsburgh from 200020002000 to 2018.2018.2018. If temperature is a continuous variable, why is the graph appearing di…
- True or False\text{True or False}True or False === An example of a continuous (not discrete) variable is the temperature.
- Which of the following quantities is discrete?
- If we graph the function f(x)=x2f(x)=x^2f(x)=x2 only using integers, will this be a discrete graph or a continuous graph?
- True or False\text{True or False}True or False === Discrete graphs are the same thing as scatter plots.
- Is the graph with the point (−1,1)(-1,1)(−1,1) and only that point discrete?