Frequency Table

Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a particular score in a given set of data. A frequency table is a method of organizing raw data in a compact form by displaying a series of scores in ascending or descending order, together with their frequencies—the number of times each score occurs in the respective data set. Included in a frequency table are typically a column for the scores and a column showing the frequency of each score in the data set. However, more detailed tables may also contain relative frequencies (proportions) and percentages. Frequency tables may be computed for both discrete and continuous variables and may take either an ungrouped or a grouped format. In this entry, frequency tables for ungrouped and ...

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