San Francisco 49ers' linebacker Patrick Willis won the Defensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2007 with a total of 174 tackles. Tackles are measured on what kind of a scale? Is a variable measuring the number of tackles considered continuous or discrete?
A) Ratio scale; discrete
B) Interval scale; discrete
C) Ratio scale; continuous
D) Interval scale; continuous

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Tackles are measured on a ratio scale, meaning they have a true zero point (no tackles) and are therefore considered discrete, as they can only take on whole number values.

San Francisco 49ers' Linebacker Patrick Willis Won the Defensive Rookie