FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE

4.1. THE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION Class frequency – is the number of observations belonging
A frequency distribution is an organization of raw to a class interval
data in tabular form, using classes (or intervals) and
frequencies. Steps in Constructing the Grouped Frequency
The frequency or the frequency count for a data value Distribution Table
is the number of times the value occurs in the data set. 1. Determine the range ( R ) of the distribution. Range is
the difference between the highest score and the lowest
4.2. UNGROUPED FREQUENCY
score.
DISTRIBUTION
Range = highest score – lowest score
Presenting ungrouped data can be done by arranging
the scores from lowest to highest and determining the 2. Determine the class size (i ) by dividing the range by
frequency of each observation. the desired number of class intervals. If it is not exact,
Note: It does not matter if the scores are arranged in round it up to the next whole number.
ascending or descending order, provided you begin where:
organizing the data by ordering them in one way of the R i = class size
i=
other. nc nc = number of class intervals
(ideal nc = 5 – 20)
Ex. 01: Consider the raw scores of 21 students
n c =1+ 3.322 logn
28 26 28 22 20 20 21 3. Set up the class intervals. The lowest class interval
20 23 29 26 26 29 21 must include the lowest score while the highest class
20 22 27 22 21 24 23 interval must contain the highest score.
a. Lower limit (LL) is equal to the lowest score
Ungrouped Frequency Distribution of Scores b. Upper Limit (UL) = LL + (i –1 unit of measure)
of 21 Students c. LL(succeeding interval)=LL(preceding int.) + i
4. Tally the frequencies.
x f <CF >CF RF (%) 5. Compute for class boundaries (CB), class mark ( x m),
20 4 4 21 19.05 “less than” cumulative frequency (<CF), “greater than”
21 3 7 17 14.29 cumulative frequency (>CF), relative frequency (RF).
22 3 10 14 14.29 a. LCB = LL – 0.5(unit of measure)
23 2 12 11 9.52
b. UCB = UL + 0.5(unit of measure)
24 1 13 9 4.76
25 0 13 8 0.00 ¿+UL
c. x m=
26 3 16 8 14.29 2
27 1 17 5 4.76 d. <CF = add the frequencies cumulatively downward
28 2 19 4 9.52 e. >CF = add the frequencies cumulatively upward
29 2 21 2 9.52 f
n=21 100 f. RF= ×100 %
n
4.3. GROUPED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
Definition of Terms:
Class Interval or Class Limits – refer to the grouping
defined by a lower limit and an upper limit
Ex. 02: Prepare a frequency distribution table with desired
Class Boundaries – the lower and upper true limits
number of classes equal to 6 given the following scores of
Class Marks – midpoint of each class interval and it is
40 students in an examination of fifty items.
obtained by getting the average of the lower class limit and
7 21 26 24 19 25 26
the upper class limit 10 30 34 27 18 36 42
Class size – is the difference between the upper class 18 45 40 16 27 30 29
boundary and lower class boundary of a class interval 15 30 42 12 40 30 18
20 29 30 9 39 25 29
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48 19 30 41 40 f) the frequency of the second class;
g) the relative frequency of the sixth class;
Solution: h) the class interval having largest frequency (this class is
1. Range = 48 – 7 = 41 often called the modal class interval);
2. Class size; n c =1+ 3.322 log ⁡(40)=6.322 6 i) the percentage of employees earning less than $280 per
week;
41
i= =6.8333 7 j) the percentage of employees earning less than $300 per
6 week but at least $260 per week.
3. Setting up the class intervals: Table 1.a
LL1 = 7 Wages Number of
UL1 = 7 + (7 – 1) = 13 Employees
LL2 = 7 + 7=14 $250 – 259.99 8
260 – 269.99 10
Frequency Distribution Table 270 – 279.99 16
Class RF 280 – 289.99 14
f CB CM <CF >CF 290 – 299.99 10
Interval (%)
7 – 13 4 6.5 - 13.5 10 4 40 10 300 – 309.99 5
14 – 20 8 13.5 – 20.5 17 12 36 20 310 – 319.99 2
21 – 27 8 20.5 – 27.5 24 20 28 20
28 – 34 10 27.5 – 34.5 31 30 20 25 2. The following scores represent the final examination grade
35 – 41 6 34.5 – 41.5 38 36 10 15 for an elementary statistics course:
42 – 48 4 41.5 – 48.5 45 40 4 10 23 60 79 32 57 74 52 70 82 36
40 100 80 77 81 95 41 65 92 85 55 76
52 10 64 75 78 25 80 98 81 67
4.4. GRAPHS OF FREQUENCY 41 71 83 54 64 72 88 62 74 43
DISTRIBUTIONS 60 79 89 76 84 48 84 90 15 79
a) Construct the stem and leaf plot for the examination grades
a) Histogram
in which the stems are 1, 2, 3,…, 9.
b) Frequency polygon – a line graph of the class frequency
b) Set up a frequency distribution table.
plotted against the class mark. c) Construct a relative frequency histogram.
c) Ogive – cumulative frequency polygon

4.5. SYMMETRY AND SKEWNESS

4.6. EXERCISES
1. Table 1.a shows a frequency distribution of the weekly
wages of 65 nurses at K&K Hospital. With reference to this
table, determine:
a) the lower limit of the sixth class;
b) the upper limit of the third class;
c) the class mark (class midpoint) of the fourth class;
d) the class boundaries of the fifth class;
e) the size of the fifth class;

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