A company was studying the demographics of their customers. As part of the study they collected the following variables: gender, marital status, credit rating (low, medium, high), annual income, and age. Which two variables are considered to be continuous rather than discrete?
A) gender and marital status
B) age and credit rating
C) gender and annual income
D) annual income and age

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Annual income and age are considered to be continuous variables because they can take on any value within a range, unlike discrete variables which have a finite set of possible values. Gender, marital status, and credit rating are considered to be discrete variables since they have a limited number of possible values (e.g. male/female, married/single/divorced, low/medium/high).

A Company Was Studying the Demographics of Their Customers