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Frequency distribution

A frequency distribution is a table that shows “classes” or “intervals” of data


entries with a count of the number of entries in each class. The frequency f of a
class is the number of data entries in the class. Each class will have a “lower class
limit” and an “upper class limit” which are the lowest and highest numbers in each
class. The “class width” is the distance between the lower limits of consecutive
classes. The range is the difference between the maximum and minimum data entries.
Steps for constructing a frequency distribution from a data set
1. If the number of classes is not given, decide on a number of classes to use. This
number should be between 5 and 20. But can be amended accordingly
2. Find the class width: Determine the range of the data and divide this by the
number of classes. Round up to the next convenient number (if it’s a whole
number, also round up to the next whole number).
3. Find the class limits: You can use the minimum data entry as the lower limit
of the first class. To get the lower limit of the next class, add the class width.
Continue until you reach the last class. Then find the upper limits of each class
(since the classes cannot overlap, and occasionally your data will include decimal
numbers, remember that it’s fine for the upper limits to be decimals).
4. Count the number of data entries for each class, and record the number in the row
of the table for that class. (The book recommends using “tally” marks to count)
Example

Make a frequency distribution for the following data,


using 5 classes:
5 10 7 19 25 12 15 7 6 8
17 17 22 21 7 7 24 5 6 5

The smallest number is 5, and the largest is 25, so the range is 20. The class width will
be 20/5 = 4, but we need to round up, so we will use 5. Our classes will be 5–9, 10–
14, 15–19, 20–24, and 25–29. Then, counting the number of entries in each class, we
get:

Class Frequency
5–9 10
10–14 2
15–19 4
20–24 3
25–29 1
Note that the sum of the frequencies is 20, which is the same as number of data entries that
we had.
You can add more information to your frequency distribution table. The “midpoint”
(or“class mark”) of each class can be calculated as:
Lower class limit + Upper class limit
Midpoint = .
2
The “relative frequency” of each class is the proportion of the data that falls in that
class. It can be calculated for a data set of size n by:
Class frequency f
Relative frequency = = .
Sample size n

The “cumulative frequency” is the sum of the frequencies of that class and all previous
classes.
Example
Add the midpoint of each class, the relative frequency, and the cumulative frequency
to previous frequency table.

Class Frequency Midpoint Relative frequency Cumulative frequency


5–9 10 7 0.5 10
10–14 2 12 0.1 12
15–19 4 17 0.2 16
20–24 3 22 0.15 19
25–29 1 27 0.05 20

1. The data shown are the number of grams per serving of 30 selected brands of cakes.
Construct a frequency distribution using 5 classes. 32 47 51 41 46 30 46 38 34 34 52 48
48 38 43 41 21 24 25 29 33 45 51 32 32 27 23 23 34 35
2. Construct a grouped frequency distribution and a cumulative frequency distribution with
8 classes of Weights of the NBA’s Top 50 Players. 240 210 220 260 250 195 230 270
325 225 165 295 205 230 250 210 220 210 230 202 250 265 230 210 240 245 225 180
175 215 215 235 245 250 215 210 195 240 240 225 260 210 190 260 230 190 210 230
185 260
3. Construct a grouped frequency distribution with 7 classes of Stories in the World’s Tallest
30 Buildings. 88 80 69 102 78 70 55 79 85 80 100 60 90 77 55 75 55 54 60 75 64 105 56
71 70 65 72
4. Construct a grouped frequency distribution and a cumulative frequency distribution with
5 classes of GRE Scores at Top-Ranked Engineering Schools. 767 770 761 760 771 768
776 771 756 770 763 760 747 766 754 771 771 778 766 762 780 750 746 764 769 759
757 753 758 746.
5. Construct a grouped frequency distribution and a cumulative frequency distribution with
a reasonable number of classes of airline Passengers. 91,570 86,755 81,066 70,786
55,373 42,400 40,551 21,119 16,280 14,869 13,659 13,417 13,170 12,632 11,731 10,420
10,024 9,122 7,041 6,954 6,406 6,362 5,930 5,585 5,427
6. Construct a grouped frequency distribution and a cumulative frequency distribution for
the data using 7 classes of ages of Declaration of Independence Signers. 41 54 47 40 39
35 50 37 49 42 70 32 44 52 39 50 40 30 34 69 39 45 33 42 44 63 60 27 42 34 50 42 52
38 36 45 35 43 48 46 31 27 55 63 46 33 60 62 35 46 45 34 53 50 50.
7. Construct a frequency distribution for the data using 5 classes which is unclaimed Expired
Prizes. 28.5 51.7 19 5 2 1.2 14 14.6 0.8 11.6 3.5 30.1 1.7 1.3 13 14
8. To construct a grouped frequency distribution, use the data of Presidential Vetoes and a
cumulative frequency distribution with 5 classes. What is challenging about this set of
data? 44 39 37 21 31 170 44 635 30 78 42 6 250 43 10 82 50 181 66 37
9. Construct a frequency distribution for the data of Salaries of College Coaches using 8
classes. 164 225 225 140 188 210 238 146 201 544 550 188 415 261 164 478 684 330
307 435 857 183 381 275 578 450 385 297 390 515
10. Construct a frequency distribution for the payroll using 7 classes. 99 105 106 102 102 93
109 106 77 91 103 118 97 100 107 103 94 109 100 98 84 92 98 110 94 104 98 123 102
99 100 107.

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