Frequency Distribution

Recall: Types of Data Presentation

• Textual Form
- Data presentation using sentences and paragraphs in
describing data

• Tabular Form
- Data presentation that uses tables arranged in rows
and columns for various parameters

• Graphical Form
- Pictorial representation of data
 Grouped and Ungrouped Data
• Ungrouped Data
- Data points are treated individually.

• Grouped Data
- Data points are treated and grouped according to
categories.
 Frequency Distribution Table
Frequency Distribution Table
Numerous data can be analyzed by grouping the data
into different classes with equal class intervals and
determining the number of observations that fall within
each class. This procedure is done to lessen work done
in treating each data individually by treating the data by
group.
 Frequency Distribution Table
Class limits
- The smallest and the largest values that fall within
the class interval (class)
- Taken with equal number of significant figures as the
given data.
Class boundaries (true class limits)
- More precise expression of the class interval
- It is usually one significant digit more than the class
limit.
- Acquired as the midpoint of the upper limit of the
lower class and the lower limit of the upper class
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Frequency
- The number of observations falling within a particular
class.
- Counting and tallying
Class width (class size)
- Numerical difference between the upper and lower class
boundaries of a class interval.
Class mark (class midpoint)
- Middle element of the class
- It represents the entire class and it is usually
symbolized by x.
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Cumulative Frequency Distribution
- can be derived from the frequency distribution and can
be also obtained by simply adding the class frequencies
- Partial sums

Types of Cumulative Frequency Distribution

- Less than cumulative frequency (<cf) refers to the
distribution whose frequencies are less than or below
the upper class boundary they correspond to.
- Greater than cumulative frequency (>cf) refers to the
distribution whose frequencies are greater than or
above the lower class boundary the correspond to.
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Relative Frequency
- Percentage frequency of the class with respect to the
total population
- For presenting pie charts

Relative Frequency (%rf) Distribution

- The proportion in percent the frequency of each class
to the total frequency
- Obtained by dividing the class frequency by the total
frequency, and multiplying the answer by 100
 Frequency Distribution Table
Class Interval Frequency x LCB UCB <cf >cf %rf
FDT
Class Class Tally f X <c.f. >c.f. rf %rf
Limits Boundaries Marks
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Steps in Constructing a Frequency Distribution Table (FDT)
1. Get the lowest and the highest value in the
distribution. We shall mark the highest and lowest
value in the distribution.

2. Get the value of the range. The range denoted by R,

refers to the difference between the highest and the
lowest value in the distribution. Thus,

R = H ─ L.
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3. Determine the number of classes. In the
determination of the number of classes, it should be
noted that there is no standard method to follow.
Generally, the number of classes must not be less than
5 and should not be more than 15. In some instances,
however, the number of classes can be approximated
by using the relation
(Sturges’ Formula),
where k = number of classes and n = sample size. is the
ceiling operator (meaning take the closest integer
above the calculated value).
Square root principle:
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4. Determine the size of the class interval. The value of C
can be obtained by dividing the range by the desired
number of classes. Hence, .

5. Construct the classes. In constructing the classes, we

first determine the lower limit of the distribution. The
value of this lower limit can be chosen arbitrarily as
long as the lowest value shall be on the first interval
and the highest value to the last interval.
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6. Determine the frequency of each class. The
determination of the number of frequencies is done
by counting the number of items that shall fall in each
interval.
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Ex: 1. Using the steps discussed, construct the frequency
distribution of the following results of a test in statistics of
50 students given below.
88 62 63 88 65
85 83 76 72 63
60 46 85 71 67
75 78 87 70 43
63 90 63 60 73
55 62 62 83 79
78 43 51 56 80
90 47 48 54 77
86 55 76 52 76
43 52 72 43 60
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1. Using the steps discussed, construct the frequency
distribution of the following results of a test in statistics of
50 students given below.
Answer: 88 62 63 88 65
Class Interval Frequency 85 83 76 72 63

43-49 7 60 46 85 71 67
75 78 87 70 43
50-56 7
63 90 63 60 73
57-63 10 55 62 62 83 79
64-70 3 78 43 51 56 80
71-77 9 90 47 48 54 77

78-84 6 86 55 76 52 76
43 52 72 43 60
85-91 8
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2. The following are the scores of 40 students in a Math
quiz. Prepare a frequency distribution for these scores
using a class size of 10.
22 31 55 76 48 49 50 85 17 38
92 62 94 88 72 65 63 25 88 88
86 75 37 41 76 64 66 58 66 76
52 40 42 76 29 72 59 42 54 62
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2. The following are the scores of 40 students in a Math
quiz. Prepare a frequency distribution for these scores
using a class size of 10.
Answer: 22 31 55 76 48 49 50 85 17 38
Class Interval Frequency 92 62 94 88 72 65 63 25 88 88
17-26 3 86 75 37 41 76 64 66 58 66 76
27-36 2 52 40 42 76 29 72 59 42 54 62
37-46 6
47-56 6
57-66 9
67-76 7
77-86 2
87-96 5
 Frequency Distribution Table
3. The thickness of a particular metal of an optical
instrument was measured on 121 successive items as they
came off a production line under what was believed to be
normal conditions. The results are shown in Table 4.5.
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3. Answer
 Data Presentation
Graphical Form of Frequency Distribution

Frequency Polygon
- Line graph
- The points are plotted at the midpoint of the classes.

Histogram (Frequency Histogram or Relative Frequency

Histogram)
- Bar graph
- Plotted at the exact lower limits of the classes
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Graphical Form of Frequency Distribution

Ogive
- Line graph
- Graphical representation of the cumulative frequency
distribution
- The < ogive represents the <cf while the > ogive
represents the >cf.
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5. Construct a frequency polygon, histogram, and ogives
of the given distribution.
Class Interval Frequency
25-29 1
30-34 1
35-39 5
40-44 8
45-49 15
50-54 4
55-59 4
60-64 3
65-69 4
70-74 3
75-79 2
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In the preparation of a polygon, the frequency values are
always plotted on the y-axis (vertical) while the classes are
plotted on the x-axis (horizontal). Here we use the class
midpoints.
16
Frequency Polygon

15
14
13
12
11
10
Frequency (f)

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
17 22 27 32 37 42 47 52 57 62 67 72 77 82 87
Class Midpoint (x)
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The preparation of the histogram is similar to the construction
of the frequency polygon. While the frequency polygon is
plotted using the frequencies against the class midpoints, the
histogram is plotted using the frequencies against the exact limit
of the
16 classes. Frequency Histogram

15
14
13
12
11
10
Frequency (f)

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
19.5 24.5 29.5 34.5 39.5 44.5 49.5 54.5 59.5 64.5 69.5 74.5 79.5
Exact Class Limit
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Frequency Histogram
Frequency Histogram
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
Frequency (f)

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
22 27 32 37 42 47 52 57 62 67 72 77 82
Class Midpoint (x)
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Ogives
Ogives
55

50

45 < ogive
> ogive
40
Cumulative Frequency (CF)

35

30

25

20

15

10

0
19.5 24.5 29.5 34.5 39.5 44.5 49.5 54.5 59.5 64.5 69.5 74.5 79.5 84.5
Class Boundary (CB)
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Ex: Construct a frequency polygon, histogram, and ogives
of the frequency distribution from problem #1.

Class Interval Frequency

43-49 7
50-56 7
57-63 10
64-70 3
71-77 9
78-84 6
85-91 8