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What Is A Cumulative Frequency Graph?: Length (X MM) Frequency

A cumulative frequency graph is a graph plotted from a cumulative frequency table. It shows the cumulative totals of frequency data by classifying values into groups and adding their frequencies. To create one, the data is arranged into a cumulative frequency table with a running total column, and then the cumulative frequencies are plotted against the upper class boundaries on a graph, connecting the points with a curve. An example shows how to draw a cumulative frequency graph from a frequency table of grouped length data.

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What Is A Cumulative Frequency Graph?: Length (X MM) Frequency

A cumulative frequency graph is a graph plotted from a cumulative frequency table. It shows the cumulative totals of frequency data by classifying values into groups and adding their frequencies. To create one, the data is arranged into a cumulative frequency table with a running total column, and then the cumulative frequencies are plotted against the upper class boundaries on a graph, connecting the points with a curve. An example shows how to draw a cumulative frequency graph from a frequency table of grouped length data.

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What Is A Cumulative Frequency Graph?

A Cumulative Frequency Graph is a graph plotted from a cumulative frequency table. A cumulative
frequency graph is also called an ogive or cumulative frequency curve. The following examples show how
to draw a cumulative frequency curve for grouped data.

Example:
Draw a cumulative frequency graph for the frequency table below.

Length (x mm) Frequency


11 – 15 2
16 – 20 4
21 – 25 8
25 – 30 14
31 – 35 6
36 – 40 4
41 – 45 2

Solution:
We need to add a class with 0 frequency before the first class and then find the upper boundary for each
class interval.

Length (x Frequenc Upper Class Length (x Cumulative


mm) y Boundary mm) Frequency
6 – 10 0 10.5 x ≤ 10.5 0
11 – 15 2 15.5 x ≤ 15.5 2
16 – 20 4 20.5 x ≤ 20.5 6
21 – 25 8 25.5 x ≤ 25.5 14
25 – 30 14 30.5 x ≤ 30.5 28
31 – 35 6 35.5 x ≤ 35.5 34
36 – 40 4 40.5 x ≤ 40.5 38
41 – 45 2 45.5 x ≤ 45.5 40

And then plot the cumulative frequency against the upper class boundary of each interval and join the
points with a smooth curve.

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