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Frequency Distributions
A frequency distribution is a table that pairs each item in a set of data with its frequency of occurrence (how often it appears).
Example:
Suppose you want to create a frequency distribution for the following data set: .
Line the letters up on the left. Tally each occurrence and count the tallies in the right hand column.
Letter
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Tally
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Frequency
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