Frequency Distribution Flashcards

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  • 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.
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Frequency Distribution

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2
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data collected in original form

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Raw Data

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3
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the difference of the highest value and the lowest value in a distribution

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Range

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is the number of values in a specific class of a frequency distribution

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Frequency (f)

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5
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the highest and lowest values describing a class

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Class Limits (or Apparent Limits)

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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

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Class Boundaries (or Real Limits)

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distance between the class lower boundary and the class upper boundary and it is denoted by the symbol i

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Interval (or Width)

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obtained by multiplying the relative frequency by 100%

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Percentage

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9
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the value obtained when the frequencies in each class of the frequency distribution is divided by the total number of values

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Relative Frequency (rf)

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10
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the sum of the frequencies accumulated up to the upper boundary of a class in a frequency distribution

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Cumulative Frequency (cf)

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point halfway between the class limits of each class and is represented of the data within that class

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Midpoint

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12
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used when the range of the data set is large.

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Grouped Frequency Distribution

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13
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the classes is more than one unit in width.

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Interval Data

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14
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  • 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.
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Categorical Frequency Distribution

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