A set of numerical data where the values are at specific points rather than anywhere along a range, for example errors: a single user may have 12 or 13 errors but cannot have 12.5. Contrast with continuous data.
Used in Chap. 13: page 154
Also used in hcistats2e: Chap. 4: pages 45, 46; Chap. 10: page 118
Also known as: discrete, discrete distributions, discrete values
Used in glossary entries: continuous data