Frequency Distribution Flashcards
- Grouping of data into categories showing the number of observations in each of non-overlapping classes.
- The organization of data in a tabular form, using mutually exclusive classes showing the number of observations in each.
Frequency Distribution
data collected in original form
Raw Data
the difference of the highest value and the lowest value in a distribution
Range
is the number of values in a specific class of a frequency distribution
Frequency (f)
the highest and lowest values describing a class
Class Limits (or Apparent Limits)
the upper and lower values of a class for group frequency distribution whose values has additional decimal place more that the class limits and end with the digit 5
Class Boundaries (or Real Limits)
distance between the class lower boundary and the class upper boundary and it is denoted by the symbol i
Interval (or Width)
obtained by multiplying the relative frequency by 100%
Percentage
the value obtained when the frequencies in each class of the frequency distribution is divided by the total number of values
Relative Frequency (rf)
the sum of the frequencies accumulated up to the upper boundary of a class in a frequency distribution
Cumulative Frequency (cf)
point halfway between the class limits of each class and is represented of the data within that class
Midpoint
used when the range of the data set is large.
Grouped Frequency Distribution
the classes is more than one unit in width.
Interval Data
- used to organized nominal-level or ordinal-level type of data.
- Some examples where we can apply this distribution are gender, business type, political affiliation, and others.
Categorical Frequency Distribution