Discrete and

Continuous
Random Variable
Objectives

The learner illustrates a random

variable (discrete and continuous)
a. Define variable
b. Differentiate quantitative from
qualitative variable
c. Distinguish discrete from
continuous variable
 LIKE or UNLIKE
Identify whether the given
situation is countable or
measurable. The students will
raise the board LIKE if it is
countable and UNLIKE if it is
measurable.
1.number of notebooks in
the bag
2. amount of salt needed to
bake a loaf of bread
3. number of students who
got an average grade of 85
and above
4. the capacity of an
auditorium
5. length of blackboard
COMPLETE YOUR FACEBOOK GROUP PROFILE
Each group will fill up the following data:
Name of the student:
Number of siblings:
Allowance in a day:
Religion:
Height (in centimeter):
Weight (in kilogram):
Final Grade in General
Mathematics:
Each group will design in a
cartolina their facebook group
profile using the given data.
Rubrics:
Design - 10
Organization of the data - 10
Total 20
Guide Questions:
1. What are the informations gathered
from the members to complete the
facebook group profile?
2. What is the unit of measurement
used for each information (if there are
any)?
3. Which among the information
gathered are countable?
Measurable?
Name of student, number of
siblings, allowance in a day,
religion, height, weight, final
grade in General mathematics
The information that we
gathered are referred to as the
variables of the study. A variable
is a characteristic that is
observable or measurable in
every unit of the universe.
Variables can be broadly
classified as either qualitative or
quantitative. And quantitative
can be classified into discrete
and continuous.
Variable – is a quantity
whose value changes
Random Variable – is a set
whose elements are the
numbers assigned to the
outcomes of an experiment. It is
usually denoted by uppercase
letters such as X, whose
elements are denoted by lower
case letters, 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥3 ,and so on.
Types of Random Variables
1. Discrete Random
Variables (X)– it has a
finite number elements or
infinite but can be
represented by whole
numbers. These values
usually arise from counts.
2. Continuous Random
Variable (Y)– It has infinite
number of elements and
cannot be represented by
whole numbers. These
values usually arise from
measurements.
Examples:
1. A teacher’s record has
the following (a) Scores of
student in a 50 – items
test, (b) Gender, (c)
Height of the students
Let X = Scores of students in
a 50 – item test
Y = Gender
Z = Height of the students

Discrete Random Variable

X and Y
Continuous Random Variable
Z
2. Number of students
present
3. Number of red balls in a
jar
4. Number of heads when
flipping 3 coins
5. Student’s sections
6. Height of students in
class
7. Weight of students in
class
8. Time it takes to get to
school
Classify the data gathered as
quantitative or qualitative by
putting the data in the correct
column of the table.
QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. When do you say that the
data represent quantitative
variable?
2. When do you say that the
data represent qualitative
variable?
Classify the quantitative variable as
discrete or continuous by putting
the data in the correct column of
the table.
DISCRETE CONTINUOUS
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. How are you going to say
that the given data represent
discrete quantitative variable?
2. How are you going to say
that the given data represent
discrete qualitative variable?
Distinguish if the given data
represents a quantitative or
qualitative variable. If it is
quantitative variable write if it is
discrete or continuous.
1. Age of mother
2. Usual number of messages in
the facebook
3. Most preferred color of
ballpen.
4. number of buildings in the
school
5. gender of the head teachers
in the school
Identify whether the variable is
qualitative or quantitative and if
the latter state whether it is
discrete or continuous.
1. the number of senators
present in the meeting
2. the most preferred viand
of the students
3. the weight of the newborn
babies for the month of June
4. the number of households
with television
5. the brand of bags of the
students
Classify each random variable
as discrete or continuous.
1. X: Number of women
among 10 newly hired
teachers
2. Y: Height (in inches) of a
randomly selected adult
male.
3. Z: Number of car accidents
among 8 selected cities
4. A: Amount of rainfall (in mm)
in the different cities in Metro
Manila
5. B: Number of gifts received by
20 students during Christmas
season
6. Electrical consumption
7. Body temperature
8. Height of a giraffe
9. Cost of pair of shoes
10. Number of hours spent in
social media
Classify each random variable
as discrete or continuous.
1. Number of siblings
2. Learners Reference
Number
3. Bags of sugar
4. Weight of a new born
baby
5. Class size
6. Population of Grade 11
students
7. Age of a mother
8. Telephone bill
9. Page number
10. Daily allowance