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Refers to data generated from a distribution that has a countable sample space. The discrete data tag may encompass categorical data, whether nominal (e.g. the distribution of race in a sample of individuals) or ordinal (e.g. socio-economic status), or an actual discrete random variate, such as a set of event counts (e.g. the number of errors on a page of text). Discrete data need not necessarily be integer, however.

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What type of variable is file size?

Weight and height are also continuous, even if in practice they can only be measured as units of grams (g) or millimeters (mm). It's more related to the nature of the variable, not as much to the part …
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