continuous data

Terms from Statistics for HCI: Making Sense of Quantitative Data

A set of numerical data where the values can be anywhere in a range, including fractional values, for example task completion time, or height. Contrast with discrete data which can only take on specific values.

Used in Chap. 13: page 154

Also used in hcistats2e: Chap. 4: pages 45, 46, 47; Chap. 10: page 118

Also known as: continuous, continuous values

Used in glossary entries: discrete data