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Are the number of steps in a stairway continuous or discrete data

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Discrete data refers to things that come in whole number amounts, whereas continuous data can have fractional amounts. Discrete data would be like the number of books on a shelf.  Continuous data would be like the weight of a book in pounds.  Since there are not fractions of a step in a stairway, we'd say that this number is discrete data.
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Answer:

The number of steps in a stairway is discrete.

Explanation:

A discrete data is that, which can take only integer values like number of apples in a basket.

But the continuous data is that, which can take on any value like a decimal. For example, the weight of patients in a hospital.

So, the number of steps in a stairway will be a discrete data. As stairs are counted in whole numbers and not decimals.

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