MAT 152

MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

LESSON 8
(FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE)

CLASS TALLY f LCB UCB CLASS < CF >CF RELATIVE

INTERVAL MARK FREQUENCY
11-18 IIIII-III 8 10.5 18.5 14.5 8 48 16.67 %
19-26 IIII 4 18.5 26.5 22.5 12 40 8.33 %
27-34 IIIII-I 6 26.5 34.5 30.5 18 36 12.50 %
35-42 IIIII-III 8 34.5 42.5 38.5 26 30 16.67 %
43-50 IIIII-III 8 42.5 50.5 46.5 34 22 16.67 %
51-58 IIIII-I 6 50.5 58.5 54.5 40 14 12.50 %
59-66 IIIII-I 6 58.5 66.5 62.5 46 8 12.50 %
67-74 II 2 66.5 74.5 70.5 48 2 4.17 %
N = 48 = 100 %

THE FOLLOWING DATA SET ARE THE MONTHLY SALES OF ABC STORE FOR 4 YEARS.

11 12 14 15 15 15 17 18 19 19 23 23 27 28 29 30
N = 48 30 32 36 36 38 39 39 39 41 41 43 44 45 47 48 49
49 50 54 55 55 56 57 58 59 60 60 61 63 65 67 68

1. FIND THE RANGE:

RANGE = HIGHEST number in the data - LOWEST number in the data

RANGE = 68 - 11 = 57

2. FIND THE NUMBER OF CLASSES:

K = 1 + 3.322 log N

Where K = number of classes

N = total number of data set

K = 1 + 3.322 log 48

K = 1 + 3.322 (1.68124)
K = 1 + 5.58507
K = 6.58507 ( round off to the nearest whole number)
K= 7

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3. FIND THE CLASS INTERVAL :

RANGE R
CLASS INTERVAL = OR
CLASSNUMBE R K

R 57
C= = = 8.143 (round off ) = 8 : therefore the class interval is 8
K 7

To find the CLASS NUMBER always include in the counting the smallest value, 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18 , so there are 8 in
all.

The CLASS INTERVALS will be :

11 - 18
19 - 26
27 - 34
35 - 42
43 - 50
51 - 58
59 - 66
67 - 74

CLASS INTERVAL

11 12 14 15 15 15 17 18 11-18 ---- 8 (There are 8 numbers from 11-18)

19 19 23 23 19-26 ---- 4 (There are 4 numbers from 19-26)
27 28 29 30 30 32 27-34 ---- 6 (There are 6 numbers from 27-34)
36 36 38 39 39 39 41 41 35-42 ---- 8 (There are 8 numbers from 35-42)
43 44 45 47 48 49 49 50 43-50 --- 8 (There are 8 numbers from 43-50)
54 55 55 56 57 58 51-58 ---- 6 (There are 6 numbers from 51-58)
59 60 60 61 63 65 59-66 ---- 6 (There are 6 numbers from 59-66)
67 68 67-74 ---- 2 (There are 2 numbers from 67-74)

4. TALLY THE RAW DATA TO IDENTIFY THE FREQUENCY

CLASS INTERVAL TALLY FREQUENCY

11-18 IIIII-III 8
19-26 IIII 4
27-34 IIIII-I 6
35-42 IIIII-III 8
43-50 IIIII-III 8
51-58 IIIII-I 6
59-66 IIIII-I 6
67-74 II 2
N = 48

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5. FIND THE LOWER CLASS BOUNDARY (LCB)

The LOWER CLASS BOUNDARY is calculated by SUBTRACTING 0.5 from the lower limit.

CLASS INTERVAL LOWER LIMITS LOWER CLASS BOUNDARY

11 - 18 11 11 - 0.5 = 10.5

19 - 26 19 19 - 0.5 = 18.5

27 - 34 27 27 - 0.5 = 26.5

35 - 42 35 35 - 0.5 = 34.5

43 - 50 43 43 - 0.5 = 42.5

51 - 58 51 51 - 0.5 = 50.5

59 - 66 59 59 - 0.5 = 58.5

67 - 74 67 67- 0.5 = 66.5

6. FIND THE UPPER CLASS BOUNDARY (UPB).

The UPPER CLASS BOUNDARY is calculated by ADDING 0.5 from the upper limit

CLASS INTERVAL UPPER LIMITS UPPER CLASS BOUNDARY

11 - 18 18 18 + 0.5 = 18.5

19 - 26 26 26 + 0.5 = 26.5

27 - 34 34 34 + 0.5 = 34.5

35 - 42 42 42 + 0.5 = 42.5

43 - 50 50 50 + 0.5 = 50.5

51 - 58 58 58 + 0.5 = 58.5

59 - 66 66 66 + 0.5 = 66.5

67 - 74 74 74+ 0.5 = 74.5

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7. FIND THE CLASS MARK (CM)

lower limit  upper limit

CLASS MARK = or ( lower limit + upper limit ) ÷ 2
2

CLASS INTERVAL CLASS MARK

CM = (11 + 18 ) ÷ 2
11-18 CM = 29 ÷2 14.5
CM = 14.5
19-26 (19 + 26 ) ÷ 2 = 45 ÷ 2 = 22.5 22.5
27-34 (27 + 34 ) ÷ 2 = 61 ÷ 2 = 30.5 30.5
35-42 (35 + 42 ) ÷ 2 = 77 ÷ 2 = 38.5 38.5
43-50 (43 + 50 ) ÷ 2 = 93 ÷ 2 = 46.5 46.5
51-58 (51 + 58 ) ÷ 2 = 109 ÷ 2 = 54.5 54.5
59-66 (59 + 66 ) ÷ 2 = 125 ÷ 2 = 62.5 62.5
67-74 (67 + 74 ) ÷ 2 = 141 ÷ 2 =70.5 70.5

8. FIND THE LESS THAN CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY(<CF)

CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY is obtained by adding the frequencies successively from the LOWEST to the
HIGHEST class interval

LESS THAN CUMULATIVE

CLASS INTERVAL FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
(< CF)

11-18
8 8 8

19-26 12 8 + 4 = 12
4

27-34 18 12+ 6 =18

6

35-42 26 18 + 8 = 26
8

43-50 34 26 + 8 = 34
8

51-58 40 34 + 6 = 40
6

59-66 46 40 + 6 = 46
6

67-74 48 46 + 2 = 48
2
N = 48

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9. FIND THE GREATER THAN CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY (> CF)

CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY is obtained by adding the frequencies successively from the HIGHEST to the
LOWEST class interval.

CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY
CLASS INTERVAL FREQUENCY LESS THAN
(>CF)
11-18
8 48 40 + 8 = 48
19-26
4 40 36 + 4 = 40
27-34
6 36 30 + 6 = 36
35-42
8 30 22 + 8 = 30
43-50
8 22 14 +8 =22
51-58
6 14 8 + 6 = 14
59-66
6 8 2+ 6 = 8
67-74
2 2 2
N = 48

10. FIND THE RELATIVE FREQUENCY

frequency f x 100
RELATIVE FREQUENCY = x 100 =
total frequency N

Where : Frequency (f) = 8

Total Frequency (N)= 48

RELATIVE FREQUENCY = (8 ÷ 48 ) x 100%

RF = 0.1666666 x 100
RF = 16.666666 ( round off to 2 decimal places)
RF = 16.67%

CLASS INTERVAL FREQUENCY RELATIVE FREQUENCY (%)

11-18 8 (8 ÷ 48 ) x 100 = 16.67 %
19-26 4 (4 ÷ 48 ) x 100 = 8.33 %
27-34 6 (6 ÷ 48 ) x 100 = 12.50 %
35-42 8 (8 ÷ 48 ) x 100 = 16.67 %
43-50 8 (8 ÷ 48 ) x 100 = 16.67 %
51-58 6 (6 ÷ 48 ) x 100 = 12.50 %
59-66 6 (6 ÷ 48 ) x 100 = 12.50 %
67-74 2 (2 ÷ 48 ) x 100 = 4.17 %
N = 48 100%

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