Different types of data can be used to create charts, graphs and tables. Organising information clearly helps the reader to understand the content.
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Here are the results from a recent survey about the number and type of pets each member of a class has.
This data is discrete because it is made up of whole numbers. For example, you cannot have half a dog or half a cat.
European shoe sizes are another example of discrete data. You can be a size 36, or a size 38, but you cannot be a size 36.1 or a 38.3.