Task 2: Given below are the scores of 44 students in an arithmetic test.

8 2 18 13 23 8 19 13 6
18 18 12 8 17 11 3 16 5
12 17 4 22 2 8 13 8 2
22 30 19 26 8 8 12 21 15
8 7 18 11 10 22 9 21
Construct a frequency distribution with the following columns, class interval, frequency, class
mark, cumulative frequency, and cumulative percentage. Use the format like the tabular method
above.
Solution:
1. H = 30
L=2
R = 30 – 2 + 1 = 29
2. The desired number of class intervals is 6. Thus, the interval size is 29/6 = 4.8 = 5
3. Start with 1 which is a multiple of any number for instance 5.
4. Form the intervals 1 – 5, 6 – 10, and so on until the interval 26 – 30 which contain the
highest score.
5. Form the tally sheet and give a summary of the frequencies.
6. The class marks are 3, 8, 13, and so on.
Table
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF GIVEN DATA
Class Class Mark Frequency Frequency 𝒇 Cumulative Cumulative
Interval Tally Frequency Percentage
26 – 30 28 II 2 44 100%
21 – 25 23 IIIII-I 6 42 95.45%
16 – 20 18 IIIII-IIII 9 36 81.82%
11 – 15 13 IIIII-IIII 9 27 61.36%
6 – 10 8 IIIII-IIIII-II 12 18 40.91%
1–5 3 IIIII-I 6 6 13.64%
N = 43
By looking at the frequency distribution, you can immediately notice (a) only a few
students got low scores, and fewer students obtained, high scores, and (b) it is divided into three
rows that students got scores near the middle of the distribution. These observations are not easy
to obtain if the scores are not arranged in a frequency distribution.