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Drawing and Interpreting Cummulative Frequency Diagrams

The document discusses calculating cumulative frequencies and constructing cumulative frequency polygons from frequency data. It uses height data from 179 students as an example, calculating the cumulative frequencies and plotting them against height ranges to create a polygon. From the polygon, it derives the median height of 163 cm, lower quartile of 155 cm, and upper quartile of 170 cm. It defines the interquartile range as the difference between the upper and lower quartiles.

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Drawing and Interpreting Cummulative Frequency Diagrams

The document discusses calculating cumulative frequencies and constructing cumulative frequency polygons from frequency data. It uses height data from 179 students as an example, calculating the cumulative frequencies and plotting them against height ranges to create a polygon. From the polygon, it derives the median height of 163 cm, lower quartile of 155 cm, and upper quartile of 170 cm. It defines the interquartile range as the difference between the upper and lower quartiles.

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Cumulative Frequency Diagrams

Objectives

I will…

1. calculate the cumulative frequency of a


given set of data;
2. draw (cumulative) frequency curves and
polygons;
3. derive the quartiles (lower and upper) as
well as the median from a cumulative
frequency curve.
Cumulative Frequency Diagrams
The following frequency table shows the
heights of a group of students in centimetres:

No. of
Height (cm)
students
120-130 2
130-140 7
140-150 20
150-160 41
160-170 63
170-180 38
180-190 8
Cumulative Frequency Diagrams
The following frequency table shows the
heights of a group of students in centimetres:

Upper class No. of


Height (cm)
value students
120-130 2
130-140 7
140-150 20
150-160 41
160-170 63
170-180 38
180-190 8
Cumulative Frequency Diagrams
The following frequency table shows the
heights of a group of students in centimetres:

Upper class No. of


Height (cm)
value students
120-130 130 2
130-140 140 7
140-150 150 20
150-160 160 41
160-170 170 63
170-180 180 38
180-190 190 8
Cumulative Frequency Diagrams
The following frequency table shows the
heights of a group of students in centimetres:

Upper class No. of Cumulative


Height (cm)
value students frequency
120-130 130 2 2

130-140 140 7 2 + 7 = 9

140-150 150 20 9 + 20 = 29

150-160 160 41 29 + 41 = 70

160-170 170 63 70 + 63 = 133

170-180 180 38 133 + 38 = 171

180-190 190 8 171 + 8 = 179


Cumulative Frequency Diagrams
The following frequency table shows the
heights of a group of students in centimetres:

Upper class No. of Cumulative


Height (cm)
value students frequency
120-130 130 2 2
130-140 140 7
140-150 150 20
150-160 160 41
160-170 170 63
170-180 180 38
180-190 190 8
Cumulative Frequency Diagrams
The following frequency table shows the
heights of a group of students in centimetres:

Upper class No. of Cumulative


Height (cm)
value students frequency
120-130 130 2 2
130-140 140 7 9
140-150 150 20
150-160 160 41
160-170 170 63
170-180 180 38
180-190 190 8
Cumulative Frequency Diagrams
The following frequency table shows the
heights of a group of students in centimetres:

Upper class No. of Cumulative


Height (cm)
value students frequency
120-130 130 2 2
130-140 140 7 9
140-150 150 20 29
150-160 160 41
160-170 170 63
170-180 180 38
180-190 190 8
Cumulative Frequency Diagrams
The following frequency table shows the
heights of a group of students in centimetres:

Upper class No. of Cumulative


Height (cm)
value students frequency
120-130 130 2 2
130-140 140 7 9
140-150 150 20 29
150-160 160 41 70
160-170 170 63 133
170-180 180 38 171
180-190 190 8 179
We plot cumulative frequency against upper
class value.
y-axis = cumulative frequency
x-axis = upper class value (upper bound)

Upper class No. of Cumulative


Height (cm)
value students frequency
120-130 130 2 2
130-140 140 7 9
140-150 150 20 29
150-160 160 41 70
160-170 170 63 133
170-180 180 38 171
180-190 190 8 179
We plot cumulative frequency against upper
class value.

Upper class Cumulative


value frequency
130 2
140 9
150 29
160 70
170 133
180 171
190 179
We plot cumulative frequency against upper
class value.

Upper class Cumulative


value frequency

130 2

140 9

150 29

160 70

170 133

180 171

190 179
We plot cumulative frequency against upper
class value.

Upper class Cumulative


value frequency

130 2

140 9

150 29

160 70

170 133

180 171

190 179
We plot cumulative frequency against upper
class value.

Upper class Cumulative


value frequency

130 2

140 9

150 29

160 70

170 133

180 171

190 179
Cumulative Frequency Polygon

Upper class Cumulative


value frequency

130 2

140 9

150 29

160 70

170 133

180 171

190 179
Quartiles

lower quartile median upper quartile


=¼ =½ =¾

1st Quarter = 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter = 4th Quarter


¼ = 2/4 = ½ ¾
The median

Where f is even,
median = ()th term

Where f is odd,
median = ()th term
The median is the 90th value
Where f is even,
median = ()th term

Where f is odd,
median = ()th term

1
(179  1)  90
2

The median is
about 163 cm
The lower quartile

Where f is even,
lower quartile = ()th term

Where f is odd,
lower quartile = ()th term
The lower quartile is the 45th value
Where f is even,
lower quartile
= ()th term

Where f is odd,
lower quartile
= ()th term

1
(179  1)  45
4
The lower
quartile is
about 155 cm
The upper quartile

Where f is even,
upper quartile = 3()th term

Where f is odd,
upper quartile = 3()th term
The upper quartile is the 135th value
Where f is even,
upper quartile
= 3()th term

Where f is odd,
upper quartile =
3()th term

3
(179  1)  135
4
The upper
quartile is
about 170 cm
The Interquartile Range = upper quartile — lower quartile

IQR = UQ - LQ

= 170 — 155

= 15 cm
Box and Whisker Diagram| The 5-point summary

lowest value = 5 IQR = 47 – 27 = 20


lower quartile = 27 median = 37
median = 37
upper quartile = 47
highest value = 66

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Success Criteria

I can…

1. calculate the cumulative frequency of a


given set of data;
2. draw (cumulative) frequency curves and
polygons;
3. derive the quartiles (lower and upper) as
well as the median from a cumulative
frequency curve;
4. use the 5-point summary of a data set to
draw its box plot.
Cumulative Frequency Diagrams

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