Question

The growth of a mobile apps user base can be tracked by the number of active users. In March the app had approximately 150 million active users worldwide. Each year the number of active users has increased by around 8 million. Does this situation represent discrete data or continuous data

Answer 1

The situation you've described represents discrete data. Discrete data consists of distinct, separate values that can be counted, and in this case, the number of active users (e.g., 150 million) is a whole number that increases in fixed increments (8 million each year). Since you cannot have a fractional number of users, the data is considered discrete. Continuous data, on the other hand, can take on any value within a range and can include fractions or decimals.