FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTION
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
•It is the organization of raw
data in table form, using
classes and frequencies.
Twenty – five army inductees were given a blood a test to
determine their blood type. The data set is :
A B B AB O
O O B AB B
B B O A O
A O O O AB
AB A O B A
CATEGORICAL FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
Suppose we conduct a survey in which we ask 15 households
how many pets they have in their home. The results are as
follows:
1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8
UNGROUPED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
LET US CONSIDER THE 30 TEST SCORES OF
STUDENTS IN STATISTICS. THE RESULT ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
98 97 92 90 87 82 85 99 93 91 90 89 81 76 88
87 81 83 88 89 90 92 90 89 77 80 90 85 86 95
GROUPED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
TYPES OF FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
used in data analysis:
• Relative Frequency Distribution- a frequency distribution where each of
class frequencies is divided by the total number of observations
• Cumulative Frequency Distribution- a cumulative frequency distribution
is the sum of the class and all classes below it in a frequency distribution. All
that means is you’re adding up a value and all the values that came before it
• Relative Cumulative Frequency Distribution- is a statistical calculation by
adding together previously tabulated relative frequencies that makes a
running total along a frequency table .
A B B AB O
O O B AB B
B B O A O
A O O O AB
AB A O B A
CLASSES TALLY FREQUENCY
A IIIII 5
B IIIII - II 7
O IIIII- IIII 9
AB IIII 4
CATEGORICAL FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
CLASSES FREQUENCY RELATIVE
FREQUENCY
A 5 5/25 = 0.2
B 7 7/25 = 0.28
O 9 9/25 = 0.36
AB 4 4/25 = 0.16
TOTAL 25
CATEGORICAL FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
CLASSES F RELATIVE FREQUENCY CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY
A 5 5/25 = 0.2 5
B 7 7/25 = 0.28 5 +7=12
O 9 9/25 = 0.36 12 + 9 = 21
AB 4 4/25 = 0.16 21+4 = 25
TOTAL 25
CATEGORICAL FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
CLASSES FREQUENCY RELATIVE
FREQUENCY
A 5 5/25 = 0.2
B 7 7/25 = 0.28
O 9 9/25 = 0.36
AB 4 4/25 = 0.16
TOTAL 25
CATEGORICAL FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
Suppose we conduct a survey in which we ask 15 households
how many pets they have in their home. The results are as
follows:
1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8
UNGROUPED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8
CLASSES TALLY FREQUENCY
1 IIII 4
2 III 3
3 II 2
4 I 1
5 II 2
6 I 1
7 I 1
8 I 1
UNGROUPED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
CLASSES TALLY FREQUENCY RELATIVE
FREQUENCY
1 IIII 4 4/15 = 0.2667
2 III 3 3/15 = 0.2
3 II 2 2/15 = 0.1333
4 I 1 1/15 = 0.0667
5 II 2 2/15 = 0.1333
6 I 1 1/15 = 0.0667
7 I 1 1/15 = 0.0667
8 I 1 1/15 = 0.0667
TOTAL 15
UNGROUPED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
CLASSES TALLY FREQUENCY RELATIVE CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
1 IIII 4 4/15 = 0.27 4
2 III 3 3/15 = 0.2 7
3 II 2 2/15 = 0.13 9
4 I 1 1/15 = 0.07 10
5 II 2 2/15 = 0.13 12
6 I 1 1/15 = 0.07 13
7 I 1 1/15 = 0.07 14
8 I 1 1/15 = 0.07 15
TOTAL 15
UNGROUPED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
LET US CONSIDER THE 30 TEST SCORES OF
STUDENTS IN STATISTICS. THE RESULT ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
98 97 92 90 87 82 85 99 93 91 90 89 81 76 88
87 81 83 88 89 90 92 90 89 77 80 90 85 86 95
GROUPED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTION TABLE FOR GROUPED DATA?
STEP 1: COMPUTE FOR THE RANGE
STEP 2: COMPUTE FOR NUMBER OF CLASSES
STEP 3: COMPUTE FOR CLASS WIDTH
STEP 4: SET UP YOUR TABLE
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE
• STEP 1: COMPUTE THE RANGE
𝑅𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸 = 𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐸𝑆𝑇 𝑉𝐴𝐿𝑈𝐸 − 𝐿𝑂𝑊𝐸𝑆𝑇 𝑉𝐴𝐿𝑈𝐸
𝑅𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸 = 99 − 76
𝑅𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸 = 23
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE
• STEP 2: COMPUTE THE NUMBER OF CLASSES
𝑘 = 1 + 3.3 log 𝑛
Where n is the number of observations
𝑘 = 1 + 3.3 log 30
𝑘 = 5.87 ≈ 6
Note: The result is always round up.
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE
• STEP 3: COMPUTE FOR THE CLASS WIDTH
𝐶 = 𝑅𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸 ÷ 𝑘
𝐶 = 23 ÷ 6
𝐶 = 3.83 ≈ 4
CLASS BOUNDARY: to construct class boundary subtract 0.5 from the lower interval
and add 0.5 to the higher interval
CLASS MARK: get the average of the class or simply it is the midpoint of the classes
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE
• STEP 4: SET UP YOUR TABLE
CLASS CLASS CLASS TALLY FREQUENCY CUMULATIVE RELATIVE
LIMITS/CL BOUNDARIES MARK FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
ASS
INTERVAL
76 – 79 75.5 – 79.5 77.5 II 2 2 0.0667
80 – 83 79.5 – 83.5 81.5 IIIII 5 7 0.1667
84 – 87 83.5 – 87.5 85.5 IIIII 5 12 0.1667
88 – 91 87.5 – 91.5 89.5 IIIII-IIIII-I 11 23 0.3667
92 – 95 91.5 – 95.5 93.5 IIII 4 27 0.1333
96 – 99 95.5 – 99.5 97.5 III 3 30 0.1000
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LET’S TRY!
CONSTRUCT A FREQUENCY TABLE USING 6 CLASSES FOR THE IQ SCORE S
FOR A GROUP THIRTY – FIVE HIGH SCHOL STUDENTS.
91 110 80 75 90 95 77
87 112 69 105 79 100 108
95 85 109 100 86 98 90
123 96 90 99 90 80 103
98 71 84 94 93 104 89
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE
• STEP 1: COMPUTE THE RANGE
𝑅𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸 = 𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐸𝑆𝑇 𝑉𝐴𝐿𝑈𝐸 − 𝐿𝑂𝑊𝐸𝑆𝑇 𝑉𝐴𝐿𝑈𝐸
𝑅𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸 = 123 − 69
𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬 = 𝟓𝟒
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE
• STEP 2: COMPUTE THE NUMBER OF CLASSES
𝒌=𝟔
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE
• STEP 3: COMPUTE FOR THE CLASS SIZE
𝐶 = 𝑅𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸 ÷ 𝑘
𝐶 = 54 ÷ 6
𝑪 = 𝟗 ≈ 𝟏𝟎
CLASS BOUNDARY: to construct class boundary subtract 0.5 from the lower interval
and add 0.5 to the higher interval
CLASS MARK: get the average of the class or simply it is the midpoint of the classes
CONSTRUCT A FREQUENCY TABLE USING 6 CLASSES FOR THE IQ SCORE S
FOR A GROUP THIRTY – FIVE HIGH SCHOL STUDENTS.
91 110 80 75 90 95 77
87 112 69 105 79 100 108
95 85 109 100 86 98 90
123 96 90 99 90 80 103
98 71 84 94 93 104 89
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE
• STEP 4: SET UP YOUR TABLE
CLASS CLASS CLASS TALLY FREQUENCY LESS THAN CF GREATER RELATIVE
LIMITS/CL BOUNDARIES MARK THAN CF FREQUENCY
ASS
INTERVAL
69 – 78 68.5 – 78. 5 73.5 IIII 4 4 35 0.1143
79 – 88 78.5 – 88.5 83.5 IIIII-II 7 11 31 0.2000
89 – 98 88.5 – 98. 5 93.5 IIIII-IIIII- 13 24 24 0.3714
III
99 – 108 98.5 – 108.5 103.5 IIIII-II 7 31 11 0.2000
109 – 118 108.5 – 118.5 113.5 III 3 34 4 0.0857
119 – 128 118.5 – 128.5 123.5 I 1 35 1 0.0286
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