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Frequency tables

A list of $150$ loose data values tells you nothing at first glance. The frequency table is the first tool of statistics: it organises those data and answers, at a glance, how many times each value is repeated and what proportion it represents of the total.

Before you start, make sure you know: Frequency tables (3rd ESO)
Before you start, make sure you know: Percentages (1st ESO)

Absolute and relative frequencies

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In a florist's shop, the number of roses sold on each of the last $15$ days has been recorded, obtaining the following raw data:…

In a florist's shop, the number of roses sold on each of the last $15$ days has been recorded, obtaining the following raw data:

$12, 15, 12, 14, 15, 12, 13, 14, 15, 12, 14, 13, 15, 12, 14$

Construct the table of absolute frequencies ($f_i$) and relative frequencies ($h_i$) corresponding to this variable.

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A student has constructed a relative frequency table for exam marks and obtained the following values for the different grades: $0,15$; $0,25$; $0,35$; $0,30$. Without…

A student has constructed a relative frequency table for exam marks and obtained the following values for the different grades: $0,15$; $0,25$; $0,35$; $0,30$. Without needing to know the total number of students, explain why it can be asserted with absolute certainty that the student made a mistake in their calculations.

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Cumulative frequencies

$$F_i = f_1+f_2+\dots+f_i \qquad H_i = h_1+h_2+\dots+h_i$$ Block diagram showing how the absolute frequencies accumulate step by step until they add up to the total sample size N f₁ f₂ f₃ F₁=f₁F₂=f₁+f₂F₃=f₁+f₂+f₃=N
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The following table shows the relative frequencies ($h_i$) of the number of siblings of students at a school. Calculate the cumulative relative frequencies ($H_i$) and…

The following table shows the relative frequencies ($h_i$) of the number of siblings of students at a school. Calculate the cumulative relative frequencies ($H_i$) and express them also as a cumulative percentage ($P_i$).

  • $x_i = 0 \implies h_i = 0,25$

  • $x_i = 1 \implies h_i = 0,45$

  • $x_i = 2 \implies h_i = 0,20$

  • $x_i = 3 \text{ o más} \implies h_i = 0,10$

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When analysing the marks on a Mathematics exam marked out of $10$, it is observed that the cumulative relative frequency up to mark $6$ (inclusive) is $H_6 = 0,65$. If…

When analysing the marks on a Mathematics exam marked out of $10$, it is observed that the cumulative relative frequency up to mark $6$ (inclusive) is $H_6 = 0,65$. If there are $80$ students in total in the class, how many students scored a mark strictly greater than $6$? What percentage do they represent of the whole class?

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Grouping into intervals

With many different values or with continuous data, grouping into class intervals $[L_{i-1}, L_i)$ is more practical than listing every value. Each interval is represented by its class mark $x_i$, the midpoint.

Number-line diagram showing the division of a range of data into contiguous half-open intervals, marking their midpoint class marks mark xᵢ Lᵢ₋₁Lᵢ
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Group the following weights (in kg) of $20$ packages from a courier company into $4$ class intervals of equal width, starting at $2,0$ kg and ending at $10,0$ kg.…

Group the following weights (in kg) of $20$ packages from a courier company into $4$ class intervals of equal width, starting at $2,0$ kg and ending at $10,0$ kg. Construct the frequency table indicating the intervals, class midpoints ($x_i$) and absolute frequencies ($f_i$).

Data: $2,5$; $3,1$; $4,8$; $5,2$; $2,9$; $6,5$; $7,4$; $8,8$; $9,1$; $4,5$; $5,5$; $6,2$; $3,8$; $7,1$; $8,2$; $9,5$; $4,2$; $5,9$; $6,8$; $7,7$.

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A dataset of $150$ continuous data values on the duration (in hours) of certain industrial batteries is available. Use the empirical square root rule ($\sqrt{N}$) to…

A dataset of $150$ continuous data values on the duration (in hours) of certain industrial batteries is available. Use the empirical square root rule ($\sqrt{N}$) to determine the recommended approximate number of class intervals. If the minimum recorded value is $12$ hours and the maximum is $87$ hours, calculate the width that each interval should have (rounding up to the next integer) and write down what these intervals would be, starting from the minimum value.

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A first look at two variables

When two variables are cross-tabulated over the same individuals, the table has rows and columns: in each inner cell we count how many individuals satisfy the row and the column at the same time. This is the two-way table, which you will study in depth in the section on bivariate distributions.

Step diagram illustrating how to turn a list of data pairs into a two-way table by counting list of pairs (x,y) one tally for each repeated pair table counting = building the two-way table
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In a two-dimensional study, $10$ people were asked for their shoe size ($X$) and their number of siblings ($Y$). The pairs $(X,Y)$ obtained are the following:…

In a two-dimensional study, $10$ people were asked for their shoe size ($X$) and their number of siblings ($Y$). The pairs $(X,Y)$ obtained are the following:

$(38, 1), (40, 2), (39, 1), (40, 1), (38, 2), (41, 0), (39, 2), (40, 1), (41, 1), (39, 1)$

Construct the two-way absolute frequency table for these two variables.

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From the following two-way table, extract the marginal distribution table for the variable $X$ (shoe size), indicating its absolute frequencies ($f_i$) and its relative…

From the following two-way table, extract the marginal distribution table for the variable $X$ (shoe size), indicating its absolute frequencies ($f_i$) and its relative frequencies ($h_i$):

$X$ $Y = 160$ $Y = 170$ $Y = 180$
36 2 2 0
37 1 4 1
38 0 3 4
39 0 1 2
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Incomplete tables

Diagram of an incomplete frequency table with cells still to be determined and arrows showing how to deduce the values from the totals and the cumulative frequencies 2, a, 0total = 5 ⇒ a = 5−2−0 a = 3
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An absolute frequency table has $4$ distinct values: $x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4$. It is known that the absolute frequencies depend on an unknown $x$ in the following way:…

An absolute frequency table has $4$ distinct values: $x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4$. It is known that the absolute frequencies depend on an unknown $x$ in the following way:

$f_1 = 2x$, $f_2 = x + 5$, $f_3 = 3x - 2$, and $f_4 = 5x$.

If the cumulative relative frequency of the third value is $H_3 = 0,60$, set up an equation, find the value of $x$, and reconstruct the complete column of absolute frequencies.

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Prove mathematically, using summation notation ($\sum$), that the sum of all relative frequencies ($h_i$) of a one-dimensional distribution of $k$ distinct values is…

Prove mathematically, using summation notation ($\sum$), that the sum of all relative frequencies ($h_i$) of a one-dimensional distribution of $k$ distinct values is always equal to $1$, regardless of the sample size $N$.

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