LO: Frequency

Polygons
 Give examples of
Discrete Data.

Only uses certain numbers.

 Give examples of
Continuous Data.

All numbers are possible.

 Times in
Frequency In which group would
seconds
you place the
85 ≤ t < 90
following number?
90 ≤ t < 95
95 ≤ t < 100 95
100 ≤ t < 105
105 ≤ t < 110
 Times in In which group would
Frequency
seconds you place the
85 < t ≤ 90 following number?
90 < t ≤ 95
95 < t ≤ 100 95
100 < t ≤ 105
105 < t ≤ 110
 Times in In which group would
Frequency
seconds you place the
85 ≤ t < 90 following number?
90 ≤ t < 95
95 ≤ t < 100 100
100 ≤ t < 105
105 ≤ t < 110
 Times in
Frequency
In which group would
seconds you place the
85 ≤ t < 90 following number?
90 ≤ t < 95
95 ≤ t < 100
105
100 ≤ t < 105
105 ≤ t < 110
Which scale is correct
for this table?
Which scale is correct
for this table?
 A frequency polygon is like a bar chart but
the midpoints of each bar and joined together.
30

25

20
Frequency

15

10

0
75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110
Times in seconds
What is the mid-point of
the class interval?
Time in Seconds Mid Point
80 ≤ t < 90 85
80 + 90 170
=
2 2
What is the mid-point of
the class interval?
Time in Seconds Mid Point
10 ≤ t < 19 14.5
10 + 1 9 29
=
2 2
What is the mid-point of
the class interval?
Time in Seconds Mid Point
1≤t<9 5
1 +9 10
=
2 2
What are the co-ordinates of the points
needed for the frequency polygon?
Time in Seconds Frequency

80 ≤ t < 90 2 (85, 2)
90 ≤ t < 100 5 (95, 5)
100 ≤ t < 110 5 (105, 5)
110 ≤ t < 120 3 (115, 3)
Comparing Frequency Polygons

Name one similaritie and one difference

between the two sets of data?