Is age a discrete or continuous variable? Why?

mravinjakag

mravinjakag

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2022-06-16

Is age a discrete or continuous variable? Why?

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kejohananws

kejohananws

Beginner2022-06-17Added 19 answers

Age is measured in units that, if precise enough, could be any number. Therefore the set they come from is infinite. For example, someone could be 22.32698457 years old or 22.32698459 years old. We could be infinitly accurate and use an infinite number of decimal places, therefore making age continuous.
However, in everyday appliances, all values under 6 years and above 5 years are called 5 years old. So we use age usually as a discrete variable.
Leonel Contreras

Leonel Contreras

Beginner2022-06-18Added 4 answers

Discrete if measured in a number of years, minutes, seconds. However it would be continuous if measured to an exact amount of time passed since the start of something.

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