Question
Differentiate between Individual, discrete and continuous series.

Answer

S. No.
Difference between Individual, Discrete and Continuous series
1.
Individual Series
Discrete Series
Continuous Series
2.
In individual series, there is only one frequency for each item.
In case of discrete series, there is frequency of more than one for each item.
In case of continuous series, there is frequency of more than one for each item.
3.
Individual series has one column and that is of observations.
In discrete there are two columns, one for frequency and second for variable. Variable is a number.
In continuous series also, there are two columns as in discrete series but variable is in the form of a class.
4.
Values are given after a definite break.
Values are given after a definite break.
Values are in the form of groups.

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