Quantitative Methods - Unit 1 > Frequency Tables
 
 

Grouped Frequency Tables
 

Worked example (Discrete data)

The scores for a group of 60 students in an examination are as follows:

67

37

82

49

45

69

69

81

80

83

72

68

83

91

62

72

64

25

71

72

34

47

56

84

85

59

87

75

51

84

60

58

58

60

28

68

71

73

75

92

48

67

59

57

74

76

43

85

77

66

71

56

64

79

91

69

62

49

39

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Frequency Tables

The values are grouped together in classes.

In the class 10 - 19, the values 10 and 19 are called the class boundaries. Notice how the boundaries do not overlap. You must be able to tell to which class a value belongs.

Value

Tally

Frequency

0 - 9

0

10 - 19

1

1

20 - 29

11

2

30 - 39

111

3

40 - 49

1111

5

50 - 59

1111    1111

9

60 - 69

1111   1111   1111

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