In a poll given by the magazine Literary Digest in 1936, presidential candidate Alf Landon received

Question

16,679,583 votes. Determine whether the data value is from a discrete or continuous data set.
(1 point)
a. It is from a discrete data set because the number represents a count.
b. It is from a continuous data set because the number represents a count.
c. It is from a continuous data set because the set has infinitely many possible values.
d. It is from a discrete data set because the set has infinitely many possible values.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

a. It is from a discrete data set because the number represents a count.

Discrete data consists of distinct or separate values, typically counts of items that cannot be broken down into smaller parts. In this case, the number of votes (16,679,583) is a count of individual votes, making it discrete data.