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ORGANIZED TABULATION OF THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS LOCATED IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MEASUREMENTS
Frequency distribution
THIS IS USED TO GROUP SCORES TOGETHER IN ORDER WHICH WOULD ALLOW
THE RESEARCHER IN A GLANCE THE SET OF SCORES
Frequency distribution
THIS IS COULD BE PRESENTED IN EITHER A TABLE OR A GRAPH WITH RECORDS OF FREQUENCY OR NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
Frequency distribution
COMPARES THE NUMBER OF CASES IN A GIVEN CATEGORY WITH THE
TOTAL SIZE OF THE DISTRIBUTION
Proportion
P=f/N
FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF A CATEGORY PER 100 CASES.
Percentage
%=f/N ×100
CONDENSING THE
SEPARATE SCORES INTO A NUMBER OF SMALLER CATEGORIES OR
GROUPS, EACH CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE SCORE VALUE.
Grouped frequency distribution
EACH CATEGORY OR GROUP IN A GROUPED DISTRIBUTION
Class interval
SIZE IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF SCORE VALUES IT CONTAINS.
Class interval
LOCATED AT THE POINT HALFWAY BETWEEN ADJACENT CLASS INTERVALS AND ALSO SERVE TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN THEM.
Class limits
CORRESPONDS TO THE VALUE WE OBTAIN BY SIMPLY COUNTING THE RANGE OF VALUES WITHIN THE INTERVAl
Size of class interval
i=U-L
MIDDLEMOST SCORE VALUE IN THE CLASS INTERVAL
Midpoint
m= lowest score value + highest score value/ 2
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES HAVING ANY GIVEN SCORE OR A SCORE THAT IS LOWER.
Cumulative frequencies
OBTAINED BY ADDING THE FREQUENCY IN THAT CATEGORY TO THE TOTAL FREQUENCY FOR ALL CATEGORIES BELOW IT.
Cumulative frequencies
THE PERCENTAGE OF CASES HAVING ANY SCORE OR A SCORE THAT IS LOWER.
Cumulative percentage
C%= cf/N ×100