Relative Frequency

Learning Target: Find and interpret relative frequencies of categorical data.

Essential Question: How can you recognize possible associations and trends
between categories of categorical data?

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Answer: You can use _______________ frequency
_________________ to recognize possible
associations and trends between categories of categorical data.

Definitions
# 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠
1. Relative Frequency: ratio that yields the frequency data values.
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 # 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠

2. Relative Frequency Table: table that displays the relative frequency of a data set.

3. Conditional Relative Frequency: ratio that displays the conditional frequency of data values.
# 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 # 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙

Example 1

Partial summary of relative frequencies.

Example 2

Use the frequency table to complete the relative frequency table and then complete the problems that follow.

10.9% 15.2% 43.5%

14.1% 15.2% 56.5%

25.0% 100.0%
30.4%

17.4% 27.2%

10% 14.1%

10.9% 15.2%

44.6% 43.5%

25.0% 56.5%

30.4%

A. Find the conditional relative frequency an apple was selected, given that the gender is
female.
40%

B. Find the conditional relative frequency an orange was selected, given that the gender is
male.
14/52=26.9