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In [[mathematics]] and [[statistics]], a quantitative [[variable (mathematics)|variable]] may be '''continuous''' or '''discrete''' if they are typically obtained by ''measuring'' or ''[[counting]]'', respectively. If it can take on two particular [[real number|real]] values such that it can also take on all real values between them (including values that are arbitrarily or infinitesimally close together), the variable is continuous in that [[Interval (mathematics)|interval]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kaliyadan |first1=Feroze |last2=Kulkarni |first2=Vinay |title=Types of Variables, Descriptive Statistics, and Sample Size |journal=Indian Dermatology Online Journal |date=January 2019 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=82–86 |doi=10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_468_18 |pmid=30775310 |pmc=6362742 |doi-access=free }}</ref> If it can take on a value such that there is a non-[[infinitesimal]] gap on each side of it containing no values that the variable can take on, then it is discrete around that value.<ref>K.D. Joshi, ''Foundations of Discrete Mathematics'', 1989, New Age International Limited, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RM1D3mFw2u0C&dq=continuous+discrete+variable+math&pg=PA7], page 7.</ref> In some contexts a variable can be discrete in some ranges of the [[number line]] and continuous in others.
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