…continuation of module 2

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS

Consider the Scores of 50 students in a statistics examination:

75 89 66 52 90 68 83 94 77 60
38 47 87 65 97 49 65 70 73 81
85 77 83 56 63 79 69 82 84 70
62 75 29 88 74 37 81 76 74 63
69 73 91 87 76 58 63 60 71 82

construct the frequency table,

1. m = √ 50 = 7.07 approx. 8 (no. of classes)
2. r = (97 – 29) = 68 (range)
3. k = r/m = 68/8 = 8.5 approx. 9 (class with or class size)

Frequency Distribution Table

Table 1.
The Distribution of Scores of 50 students in a Statistics Examination

Classes Frequency Class Relative Cumulative Frequency (%)

Class mark
Scores(x) No. of students Boundaries Frequency (%) Less than Greater than
29 - 37 2        
38 - 46 1        
47 - 55 3        
56 - 64 8        
65 - 73 11        
74 - 82 13        
83 - 91 10        
92 - 100 2        
TOTAL 50        

lower limit +upper limit

Class mark – the middle value or the average between the lower limit and upper limit, i.e.
2
Class Boundaries – the true limit of the classes.
upper limit of the previous class+ lower limit of the proceeding class
( 2 )
Class interval – it is the difference between the class boundaries, i.e.
( upper class boundaries−lower class boundaries )
Relative Frequency – this is a percentage distribution of the frequency each class in relation to the total number of
observation. ( f /N )

Cumulative Frequency – the sum of the relative frequency as it goes down the classes.
Graphical Presentation of Frequency Distribution

Frequency Distribution can be presented by Histogram, Frequency Polygon or Ogive.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbgCtj2NfXY)

Scores of 50 Students in Statistics Examination

14

12

10

8
Grades

0
28.5 - 37.5 37.5 - 46.5 46.5 - 55.5 55.5 - 64.5 64.5 - 73.5 73.5 - 82.5 82.5 - 91.5 91.5 - 100.5

No. of Students

Scores of 50 Students in Statistics Examination

14

12

10

0
24 33 42 51 60 69 78 87 96 105
 Scores of 50 Students in Statistics Examinatin
60

50

40

30

20

10

0
29 - 37 38 - 46 47 - 55 56 - 64 65 - 73 74 - 82 83 - 91 92 - 100

less than CF Greater than GF

Activity

Consider the data of 75 government employees who perform a certain task and the time taken to complete the
task was recorded (in hours) as shown below: (Note: Round off the class size to one decimal place)

1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.2 1.8 1.1 1.0 1.8
1.6 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.8 2.0 2.7 2.2
2.3 2.6 2.8 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.0 2.9
2.5 3.6 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.0
3.4 3.4 3.2 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.1 4.6 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.5
5.1 5.7 5.1 5.4 5.7 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.0 6.1

Construct:
a. Frequency Distribution
b. Relative Frequency
c. Cumulative Frequency
d. Histogram
e. Frequency Polygon
f. Ogive