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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: A, D, F, B, A, F, A, D, B, F, F, A, A, E, A, D, C, B, C, A, E, F .

Line the letters up on the left. Tally each occurrence and count the tallies in the right hand column.

Letter
Tally
Frequency
A
///// // 7
B
/// 3
C
// 2
D
/// 3
E
// 2
F
///// 5