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Question
Define the following term:
Frequency distribution
Solution
Frequency distribution is the organisation of raw data in table form with classes and frequencies.
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| 53, | 61, | 48, | 60, | 78, | 68, | 55, | 100, | 67, | 90, | 75, | 88, | 77, | 37, | 84, |
| 58, | 60, | 48, | 62, | 56, | 44, | 58, | 52, | 64, | 98, | 59, | 70, | 39, | 50, | 60 |
Arrange these marks in the ascending order, 30 to 39 one group, 40 to 49 second group etc.
Now answer the following:
(ii) What is the highest score?
(iii) What is the lowest score?
(iv) What is the range?
(v) If 40 is the pass mark how many have failed?
(vi) How many have scored 75 or more?
(vii) Which observations between 50 and 60 have not actually appeared?
(viii) How many have scored less than 50?
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2.3, 2.2, 2.1, 2.7, 2.6, 3.0, 2.5, 2.9, 2.8, 3.1, 2.5, 2.8, 2.7, 2.9, 2.4
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(ii) Determine the highest weight.
(iii) Determine the lowest weight.
(iv) Determine the range.
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(vii) How many babies weigh more than 2.8 kg?
(viii) How many babies weigh 2.8 kg?
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| 30-40 | 10 |
| 40-50 | 15 |
| 50-60 | 17 |
| 60-70 | 6 |
| 70-80 | 4 |
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(ii) What is the range of the above weights?
(iii) How many classes are there?
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An observation occurring five times in a data is recorded as | | | | |, using tally marks.
