Definition:Variable/Continuous
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Definition
A continuous variable is a variable which can take any value between two given values.
Examples
Age of a Person
The age $A$ of a given person can take any of the values in the set $\R_{\ge 0} = \set {x \in \R: x \ge 0}$.
Thus $A$ is a continuous variable.
Also see
Sources
- 1972: Murray R. Spiegel and R.W. Boxer: Theory and Problems of Statistics (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Discrete and Continuous Variables