Doubt: Stats_week 1_activity 3_Q4

[Shreya Rup Roy]

What kind of variable is lattitude?

(a)Numerical 

(b)Categorical

(c)Continuos 

(d)Discrete 

Please explain how lattitude is continuous and not discrete.

Also,what is the difference between continuous variable and discrete variable?

[Sornamurthy Murugamurthy]

It is numerical and continuous .The difference between  continuous variable and discrete variable is :

continuous variable - data is countable

discrete data - data is measurable (in terms of units like kg,cm,litre,newton,etc.)

Here it is continuous because the latitude can be measured in degree.

Hope this helps.

[Ritesh Aggarwal]

If it is measurable then it should be discrete..isn't?

[Lalasa M]

it can take decimal values. so it is continuous. 

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[Lalasa M]

Latitude takes decimal values. 

Discrete variables should be counted without decimal values.

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