Which one of the following data are discrete?
A) the height of the tallest player on Duke University's men's basketball team
B) the average preseason ranking of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team over the past 10 years
C) the average height of players on the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team
D) the pre-season ranking of Duke University's men's basketball team

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Discrete data is data that can only take certain values, such as integers. The pre-season ranking of Duke University's men's basketball team is discrete because it can only take the values of 1, 2, 3, etc. The height of the tallest player (A) and the average height of players (C) are continuous data, as they can take on any decimal value. The average preseason ranking of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team (B) is also continuous, as it can take on any decimal value between 1 and 25.

Which One of the Following Data Are Discrete