Multiple choice: Type of data

Question

Data on the number of home runs hit by each of the thirty Major League Baseball teams over the period of a month should be considered as:

A). Discrete and Cross-Sectional

B). Discrete and Time-Series

C). Continuous and Cross-Sectional

D). Continuous and Time-Series

Answer 1

It is definitely discrete because the number of home runs is an integer, 1, 2, 3, etc. No one hit 4.33 home runs.

It makes sense that it is time series data because it is based on time. It does not make sense that it is cross-sectional because it is data for each team.

So answer B). Discrete and Time-Series