FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

Presented by
Engr. Alias
 INTRODUCTION
• In statistics, a frequency distribution is a table that displays the
frequency of various outcomes in a sample. Each entry in the table
contains the frequency or count of the occurrences of values within a
particular group or interval, and in this way, the table summarizes the
distribution of values in the sample.

• A frequency distribution shows us a summarized grouping of data

divided into mutually exclusive classes and the number of
occurrences in a class. It is a way of showing unorganized data.

e.g. to show results of an election, income of people for a certain region,

sales of a product within a certain period, student loan amounts of
graduates, etc. Some of the graphs that can be used with frequency
distributions are histograms, line charts, bar charts and pie charts.
Frequency distributions are used for both qualitative and quantitative
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 Types of frequency distribution
1. Relative frequency distribution
2. Cumulative frequency distribution

- Cumulative relative frequency distribution

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 Example

• The following are the scores of 20 college

students in a pre-test.
18 19 16 14 19
20 18 15 18 19
17 20 17 17 16
16 20 18 20 15
 18 19 16 14 19
20 18 15 18 19
17 20 17 17 16
16 20 18 20 15

CLASS TALLY FREQUENCY CLASS RELATIVE

(f) FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
(cf) (rf)
20 IIII 4 4 20%
19 III 3 7 15%
18 IIII 4 11 20%
17 III 3 14 15%
16 III 3 17 15%
15 II 2 19 10%
14 I 1 20 5%
TOTAL 20 100%
 Example

• The following are the scores of 30 college

students in a statistics test:

75 52 80 96 65 79 71 87 93 95
69 72 81 61 76 86 79 68 50 92
83 84 77 64 71 87 72 92 57 98
Grouped Data Vs Ungrouped Data
Data Frequency
• Ungrouped data – 2 8
Data that has not been 3 4

organized into groups. 5 6

7 7
Also called as raw 8 2
data. 9 5

Data Frequency
• Grouped data - Data 2–4 5

that has been 5–7

8 – 10
6
10
organized into groups 11 – 13 8

(into a frequency 14 – 16 4
17 – 19 3
distribution).
 Creating a Categorical Ungrouped
Frequency Distribution

Step 1: Make a table with the following columns in order:

class, tally, and frequency

Step 2: Tally (TOTAL) the data and place the results in the
tally column.

Step 3: Count the tallies and place the results in the

frequency column.
 Example:
• Below is the marks of 35 students in English test (out
of 10). Arrange these marks in tabular form using
tally marks. 5, 8, 7, 6, 10, 8, 2, 4, 6, 3, 7, 5, 8, 5, 1, 7,
4, 6, 3, 5, 2, 8, 4, 2, 6, 4, 2, 8, 9, 5, 4, 7, 5, 5, 8.
 Example

• The following are the scores of 20 college

students in a pre-test.
18 19 16 14 19
20 18 15 18 19
17 20 17 17 16
16 20 18 20 15
 18 19 16 14 19
20 18 15 18 19
17 20 17 17 16
16 20 18 20 15

CLASS TALLY FREQUENCY CLASS RELATIVE

(f) FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
(cf) (rf)
20 IIII 4 4 20%
19 III 3 7 15%
18 IIII 4 11 20%
17 III 3 14 15%
16 III 3 17 15%
15 II 2 19 10%
14 I 1 20 5%
TOTAL 20 100%
Frequency Distribution of Pre-test Score of 20 Students
14
5%
15 20
10% 20%

16
15%

19
15%

17
15%

18
20%

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