This occupation does not require the numbers of professionals that many other professions employ, but a growth of 10 percent is about average for all occupations. Typical Geological Engineer Salary. Geological and mining engineering and sciences have a median salary of $84,300, and the top 10 percent earn $136,800 .
If a variable can take on any value between two specified values, it is called a continuous variable; otherwise, it is called a discrete variable. Some examples will clarify the difference between discrete and continuous variables.
1 analogue Continuous data which can have a range of values. 2  data Values, typically letters or numbers.  digital Information stored as discrete values usually represented as numbers. This contrasts with analogue data which is represented by continuous data, usually in waves.