'Lhese properties of both types ofmetric Of nominal and ordinal data. data arc markedly different from the characteristics Exercise 1.6. Suggest a continuous metric variables which you are familiar with. What is the difference between assessing the value of something and measuring it? Exercise 1.7. Suggest a few discretc metric variables which you are familiar with. Exercise L8. What is the difference between continuous and discrete metric data? Somebody shows you a six-pack egg carton. List (a) the possible number of eggs that the carton could contain; and (b) the number of possible values for the weight of the empty carton. What do you conclude?