Preparation of Frequency

Distribution and Graphical

Representation


DEFINITION:

Frequency distributions display
information about where the
scores for a set of people fall
along the scale going from the
lowest score to the highest score.

FUNCTIONS:

The job of a frequency
distribution is to show the
researcher where the scores fell,
along the way from lowest to
highest.

The job of a frequency
distribution is to take a very
large set of numbers and boil it
down to a much smaller set of
numbers a collection of
numbers thats small enough for
the pathetically limited human
mind to deal with.

TYPES OF FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTIONS:

a. Regular Frequency Distribution
b. Interval Frequency Distribution
c. Cumulative Frequency
Distribution


a. Regular Frequency Distribution:

In Regular Frequency
Distribution, every possible score
is displayed in the raw score
(capital X) column.


b. Interval Frequency Distribution:

In interval frequency
distribution, the numbers in the
frequency column represent the
number of times that scores fell
within a particular interval or
range of possible raw scores.
It is sometimes referred to, a
grouped frequency
distribution.

c. Cumulative Frequency Distribution:

A cumulative frequency
distribution is a table or graph
that presents the number of
scores within or below each
interval that the investigator is
interested in, not just the
number of scores within each
interval.


Reference:

Pierce, T. Descriptive Statistics Version 2.0
[PDF Document] Retrieved August 11, 2014
from:
http://www.radford.edu/~tpierce/610%20files/
Data%20Analysis%20for%20Professional%20Psy
chologists/Descriptive%20Statistics%208-23-
05.pdf


Prepared by:

Aubrey Rose C. Sarsoza
III-9 BS Psychology