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A researcher is investigating shopping patterns at a supermarket. Which of the following variables is continuous?
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General Mathematics · Unit 2 · Univariate data analysis 1 · Making sense of data relating to a single statistical variable
Classify a numerical variable as discrete or continuous, e.g. discrete: the number of people in a room; continuous: the temperature in degrees Celsius.
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