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Frequency Distribution

1) A frequency distribution table organizes data into categories and counts the frequency of observations in each category. 2) It can be constructed for ungrouped or grouped data. For ungrouped data, each unique value gets its own category and tally marks track frequency. For grouped data, a range of values are combined into classes to simplify the table. 3) To make a grouped frequency distribution, the data range is found, the number of classes is chosen, and the class width is calculated by dividing the range by the number of classes. Then each observation is placed into a class and tallies track the frequency in each class.

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Frequency Distribution

1) A frequency distribution table organizes data into categories and counts the frequency of observations in each category. 2) It can be constructed for ungrouped or grouped data. For ungrouped data, each unique value gets its own category and tally marks track frequency. For grouped data, a range of values are combined into classes to simplify the table. 3) To make a grouped frequency distribution, the data range is found, the number of classes is chosen, and the class width is calculated by dividing the range by the number of classes. Then each observation is placed into a class and tallies track the frequency in each class.

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Week 3 of

Quarter 4

Frequency Distribution
A. Frequency - is how often something occurs.
Example:
Sam played football on:
● Saturday Morning
● Saturday Afternoon
● Thursday Afternoon
 

The frequency was 2 on Saturday, 1 on Thursday and 3 for


the whole week.
 
B. Frequency Distribution
– By counting frequencies, we can make a Frequency Distribution
table.
 
Two types of Frequency Distribution Table
1. Frequency Distribution Table of Ungrouped Data
2. Frequency Distribution Table of Grouped Data
  a. Frequency Distribution table for Ungrouped Data

Tally marks are often used to make a frequency distribution


table.

Example: Goals
Sam’s team has scored the following numbers of goals in
recent games
2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 2, 3.
 Step 1: Put the Numbers in Order
2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 2, 3.

Score Tally Frequency


1    
2    
3    
4    
5    
 Step 2: Tally the numbers in each category.
2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 2, 3.

Score Tally Frequency


1 II
   
2 IIII
   
3  
IIII  
4  
II  
5  I  
Step 3: Finally, count up the tally marks and write the frequency in
the final column.

Score Tally Frequency


1 II
  2 
2 IIII
  5 
3  
IIII 4 
4  
II 2 
5  I 1 
b. Frequency Distribution table for Grouped Data

Example 1.
The data represent the ages of 40 women when each had a boyfriend
women when they each had a boyfriend. Construct a group frequency
distribution with five classes.

18 20 20 20 20 21 20 17 19 20
13 18 22 26 20 10 22 15 18 27
16 23 24 17 25 24 16 20 26 15
21 17 23 16 21 17 26 16 23 19
Step 1: Find the range
The range is the highest data minus the lowest data

18 20 20 20 20 21 20 17 19 20
The highest age is 27 and the lowest age is 13.

Range = Highest – Lowest 13 18 22 26 20 10 22 15 18 27

= 27 – 13
16 23 24 17 25 24 16 20 26 15

= 14
21 17 23 16 21 17 26 16 23 19
 Step 2: Decide the number of groups or classes. Figure out how many classes
(categories) you need.

There are no hard rules about how many classes to pick but there are a couple of
general guidelines.

⦁ Pick between 3 and 20 classes.

⦁ Make sure you have a few items in each category.

In this example, the number of groups or classes is 5.

Classes : 5
Step 3. Find the class width by dividing the range by the number of desired classes.

To find the class width:


  Class width = = = 2.8 or approximately round up to 3
Therefore we have 5 groups or classes with 3 data values per group.

Frequency Distribution Table


18 20 20 20 20 21 20 17 19 20
for Grouped Data

Class Limits Frequency 13 18 22 26 20 20 22 15 18 27


25 – 27
22 – 24 16 23 24 17 25 24 16 20 26 15
19 – 21
16 – 18 21 17 23 16 21 17 26 16 23 19
13 – 15
Step 4. Count the frequency for each class.

Frequency Distribution Table


for Grouped Data

18 20 20 20 20 21 20 17 19 20
Class Limits Frequency
25 – 27 5
13 18 22 26 20 20 22 15 18 27
22 – 24 7
19 – 21 14
16 23 24 17 25 24 16 20 26 15
16 – 18 11
13 – 15 3
21 17 23 16 21 17 26 16 23 19
TOTAL 40
Another example:
The following is a list of shoe sizes of 35 boys.
7 5 4 4 6 5 4
8 5 5 4 3 5 6 Shoe Size/
Tally Frequency
5 3 6 3 2 8 5 Class Limit
6 6 7 4 7 4 5
2–3 IIII 5
4 4 2 5 5 6 4

4–5 IIII IIII IIII IIII 19


a. Range: 8 – 2 = 6
b. Pick a group or class: 4 6–7 IIII IIII 9
c. Class width: 6/4 = 1.5 or 2
8–9 II 2
TOTAL 35

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