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What we are going to learn?
1. Why they failed in STA1?
2. Chapter 1: What is statistics?1. Why? What?
2. Types of statistics, variables
3. Levels of measurement
3. Chapter 2: Describing data1. Frequency tables
2. Frequency distributions
3. Graphic presentation
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Summary of the reasons
Absent for the lessons;
Didn’t do the home assignments;
Ignore the EXCEL lessons;
Cannot use the theories flexibly;
Keep misconceptions and misunderstanding till the exam;
Overestimate self and underestimate the subject.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Statistics are everywhere.CPP
BPP
BRM
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Statistics help you make decisions.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Statistics help you make decisions.
Collect data
Interpret data
Analyze data
Organize data
Present data
Making decisionsMaking decisions
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Statistics help you make decisions.
Statistics:
The science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing and interpreting data to assist in making more effective decisions.
Descriptive Statistics:
Methods of organizing, summarizing and presenting data in an informative way.
Inferential Statistics:
Methods used to estimate a property of a population on the basis of a sample.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Statistics help you make decisions.
Descriptive Statistics: Inferential Statistics:
Population:
The entire set of individual or objects of interest or the measurements obtained from all individuals or objects of interest.
Sample:
A portion, or part, of the population of interest.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Statistics help you make decisions.
Inferential Statistics:
Population:
The entire set of individual or objects of interest or the measurements obtained from all individuals or objects of interest.
Sample:
A portion, or part, of the population of interest.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Types of variables
Qualitative:
nonnumeric, attribute
Quantitative:
numerical
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Types of variables
Qualitative Quantitative
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Types of variables
Discrete counting
Continuous measuring
Salary Class Size
HeightDiscrete ContinuousDiscrete Continuous
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Levels of Measurement
Nominal: • Data categories are represented by labels or
names.• Even when the labels are numerically coded, the
data categories have no logical order.
Ordinal: • Data classifications are represented by sets of
labels or names (high, medium, low) that have relative values.
• Because of the relative values, the data classified can be ranked or ordered.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Levels of Measurement
Nominal: No logical order
Ranked or ordered
Ordinal:
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Levels of Measurement
Interval: • Similar to the ordinal level, with the
additional property that meaningful amounts of differences between data values can be determined.
• There is no natural zero point.
Ratio: • The interval level with an inherent zero starting
point. • Differences and ratios are meaningful for this
level of measurement.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Levels of Measurement
Interval: Ratio:
IQTemperatureDistance
Interval: Ratio:
Salary
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Levels of Measurement
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Levels of Measurement
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Summary of the Characteristics for Levels of Measurement
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
For each of the following, determine whether the group is a sample or a population.
• The participants in a study of a new cholesterol drug.
• The drivers who received a speeding ticket Kansas City last month.
• Those on welfare in Cook County (Chicago), Illinois.
• The 30 stocks reported as a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
SampleSample
SampleSample
PopulationPopulation
PopulationPopulation
P14. N.4 Ch.1
Exercises 1-a
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Exercises 1-b
Refer to the Real Estate data at the back of the text, which report information on homes sold in the Denver, Colorado, area last year. Consider the following variables: selling price, number of bedrooms, township, and distance from the center of the city.
• Which of the variables are qualitative and which are quantitative?
• Determin the level of measurement for each of the variables.
P18. N.16 Ch.1
townshiptownship
Township = nominal levelTownship = nominal level
all the rest…all the rest…
All the rest…=ratioAll the rest…=ratio
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Frequency Table: • A grouping of qualitative data into mutually exclusive
classes showing the number of observations in each class.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Relative Frequency
Total 12
5/12 = 41.67%
3/12=25.00%
4/12=33.33%
Relative Class Frequencies: • Show the fraction of the total number of observations in
each class
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Exercises 2-aA total of 1,000 residents in Minnesota were asked which season they preferred. The results were 100 liked winter best, 300 liked spring, 400 liked summer, and 200 liked fall. If the data were summarized in a frequency table, how many classes would be used? What would be the relative frequencies for each class?
P27. N.3 .Ch.2
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Relative Frequency
Total 12
5/12 = 41.67%
3/12=25.00%
4/12=33.33%
Bar Chart• The classes are reported on the horizontal axis• The class frequencies on the vertical axis• The class frequencies are proportional to the heights of
the bars.
Graphic Presentation of Qualitative data
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Relative Frequency
Total 12
5/12 = 41.67%
3/12=25.00%
4/12=33.33%
Pie Chart: • Shows the proportion or percent that each class
represents of the total number of frequencies
Graphic Presentation of Qualitative data
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Pie charts require that you include all the categories that make up a whole. Use them only when you want to emphasize each category's relation to the whole.
Graphic Presentation of Qualitative data
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Frequency Distribution: • A grouping of data into mutually exclusive classes
showing the number of observations in each class.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Frequency Distribution: • A grouping of data into mutually exclusive classes
showing the number of observations in each class.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Frequency Distribution:
Step 2: Class Interval
Step 3: Choose nice “round” boundaries
Step 4: Try to avoid empty and open classes
Step 1: Just enough recipe 2 to the k rule2 to the k rule
N=27 number of class=5
(55-14)/5 ≈ 8
10 -< 20 420 -< 30 130 -< 40 1040 -< 50 950 -< 60 3 N=27
22=4 23=8 24=16
25=32 26=64 27=128
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Exercises 2-bA set of data consists of 45 observations between $0 and $29. What size would you recommend for the class interval?
P33. N.8 .Ch.2
25 = 32, 26 = 64, suggests 6 classes
Use interval of 5
i = 5> $30 - $06
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Exercises 2-bThe Quick Change Oil Company has a number of outlets in the metropolitan Seattle area. The daily number of oil changes at the Oak Street outlet in the past 20 days are:
P34. N.12.Ch.2
a. 24 = 16, 25 = 32, suggests 5 classes
65 98 55 62 79 59 51 90 72 5670 62 66 80 94 79 63 73 71 85
b. Use interval of 10
i > ≈ 999 - 51
5
a. How many classes would you recommend?
b. What class interval would you suggest?
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Exercises 2-bThe Quick Change Oil Company has a number of outlets in the metropolitan Seattle area. The daily number of oil changes at the Oak Street outlet in the past 20 days are:
P34. N.12.Ch.2
65 98 55 62 79 59 51 90 72 5670 62 66 80 94 79 63 73 71 85
c. 50
c. What lower limit would you recommend for the first class?
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Graphic Presentation of Quantitative data
a) Histogram• The classes are marked on the horizontal axis• The class frequencies on the vertical axis• The class frequencies are represented by the heights of the
bars and the bars are adjacent to each other.
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Graphic Presentation of Quantitative data
b) Polygon: • The shape of a distribution• Similar to a histogram
Not floating in the air
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Graphic Presentation of Quantitative data
c) Cumulative frequency distribution:used to determine how many or what proportion of the data values are below or above a certain value.
Not floating in the air
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Why Failed in Statistics?Why Failed in Statistics?
2. Chapter 1: What
is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of
statistics, variables
C. Levels of measurement
1. Why Failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing Data
A. Frequency tables
B. Frequency distributions
C. Graphic presentation
Graphic Presentation of Quantitative data
c) Cumulative frequency distribution:used to determine how many or what proportion of the data values are below or above a certain value.
Not floating in the air
2. Chapter 1: What is Statistics?
A. Why? What?B. Types of statistics, variablesC. Levels of measurement
1. Why they failed in Statistics?
3. Chapter 2: Describing DataA. Frequency tablesB. Frequency distributionsC. Graphic presentation
What we have learnt?
What is the level of measurement for each of the following variables?
• A. student IQ ratings • B. distance students travel to class• C. student scores on the first statistics test• D. a classification of students by state of birth
• E. a ranking of students as freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior
• F. Number of hours students study per week
Exercises 1-a
IntervalInterval
RatioRatio
IntervalInterval
NominalNominal
OrdinalOrdinal
RatioRatio
Exercises 1-bPlace these variables in the following classification tables.
Qualitative
Quantitative
a. Salaryb. Genderc. Sales volumen
of MP3 players
d. Soft drink preference
e. Temperaturef. SAT scoresg. Student rank
in classh. Rating of a
finance professor
i. Number of home computers
Discrete Continuous
b. Genderb. Gender d. Soft drink preferenced. Soft drink preference
f. SAT scoresf. SAT scores
g. Student rank in classg. Student rank in class
h. Rating of a finance professorh. Rating of a finance professor
a. Salary a. Salary
c. Sales volume of MP3 playersc. Sales volume of MP3 players
e. Temperaturee. Temperature
i. Number of home computersi. Number of home computers
P16. N.9 Ch.1
Exercises 1-cPlace these variables in the following classification tables.
Nominal
Ordinal
a. Salaryb. Genderc. Sales
volumen of MP3 players
d. Soft drink preference
e. Temperaturef. SAT scoresg. Student rank
in classh. Rating of a
finance professor
i. Number of home computers
Discrete Continuous
b. Genderb. Gender
d. Soft drink preferenced. Soft drink preference
f. SAT scoresf. SAT scores
g. Student rank in classg. Student rank in class h. Rating of a finance professorh. Rating of a finance professor
a. Salary a. Salary
c. Sales volume of MP3 playersc. Sales volume of MP3 players
e. Temperaturee. Temperature
i. Number of home computersi. Number of home computers
Interval
Ratio
Exercises 1-dThe table below reports the number of cars and light trucks sold by the Big Three automobile manufacturers for June 2004 and June 2005.
1. Compare the total sales in the two months. What do you conclude? Has there been an increase in sales?
P17. N.13 Ch.1
Total sales increased 189,901 units or 21.9%.
(1,056,144-866,243)866,243
Exercises 1-dThe table below reports the number of cars and light trucks sold by the Big Three automobile manufacturers for June 2004 and June 2005.
P17. N.13 Ch.1
2. Compare the percent of the Big Three market for each company. Did the market increase or did GM steal sales from the other companies? Cite evidence.
GM increased the market share by 9 percentage points from 43% to 52%. Crysler lost 3% and Ford lost 6%. All three companies increased the nubmer of units sold.
Example: Dr. Tillman is Dean of the School of Business Socastee University. He wishes to prepare a report showing the number of hours per week students spend studying. He selects a random sample of 30 students and determines the number of hours each student studied last week.
Step 1: Just enough recipe 2 to the k rule2 to the k rule
15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3, 29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.
Select the smallest number (k) for the number of classes such that 2k is greater than the number of observations (n).
Frequency Distribution
Step 1: Just enough recipe 2 to the k rule2 to the k rule
15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3, 29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.
• If sample size (n) = 80• 21=2; 22=4; 23=8; 24=16; 25=32;
26=64; 27=128; …• The rule suggest 7 classes.
• If sample size (n) = 1000• 21=2; 22=4; 23=8; 24=16; 25=32;
26=64; 27=128; 28=256; 29=512; 210=1024 …
• The rule suggest 10 classes.
Sample size (n) = 3021=2; 22=4; 23=8; 24=16; 25=32; 26=64; 27=128; …The rule suggest 5 classes.
Frequency Distribution
15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3, 29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.
• The classes all taken together must cover at least the distance from the lowest value in the raw data to the highest value.
• The classes must be mutually exclusive and exhaustive.
Class interval
(next unit of Highest value – lowest value) / number of classes.
k
LHi
Usually we will chose some convenient number as class interval that satisfy the inequality.
Step 2: Class Interval
Frequency Distribution
15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3, 29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.
Step 2: Class Interval
Frequency Distribution
• Highest value = 33.9 hours• Lowest value = 10.3 hours• k=5.• Hence, class interval ≥ (33.9-10.3)/5 ≈ 4.7• We choose class interval to be 5, some convenient number.
15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3, 29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.
Frequency Distribution
Step 3: Individual class limits
• Next unit of Highest value = 33.9 hours.• Lowest value = 10.3 hours.• Range = nu of highest – lowest = 23.5.• K=5; Interval = 5.
• With k=5 and interval = 5, the classes will cover a range of 25. • Let’s split the surplus in the lower and upper tail equally. (25-23.5)/2
= 0.75. Hence, the lower limit of the first class should be around (10.3 – 0.75)=9.55 and upper limit of the last class should be (33.8 + 0.75)=34.55.
• 9.55 and 34.55 look odd. Some convenient and close numbers would be 10 and 35.
Hours studying Frequency, f
10 up to 15
15 up to 20
20 up to 25
25 up to 30
30 up to 35
“10 up to 15” means the interval from 10 to 15 that includes 10 but not 15.
Example:
Step 4: Tally the data
10 up to 15
Hours studying
15 up to 20
20 up to 25
25 up to 30
30 up to 35
7
12
7
3
1
15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3, 29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.
Frequency Distribution
15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3, 29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.
Step 5: Count the number
Hours studying Frequency, f
10 up to 15 7
15 up to 20 12
20 up to 25 7
25 up to 30 3
30 up to 35 1
Frequency Distribution
Frequency Distribution15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3, 29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.
Step 5: Count the number
Hours f Relative Frequency
10 up to 15 7 7/30=.233 15 up to 20 12 12/30=.400
20 up to 25 7 7/30=.233
25 up to 30 3 3/30=.100
30 up to 35 1 1/30=.033
TOTAL 30 30/30=1
Relative Frequency DistributionRelative Frequency Distribution
Exercises 2-bA set of data consists of 38 observations. How many classes would you recommend for the frequency distribution?
P33. N.7 .Ch.2
25 = 32, 26 = 64, therefore, 6 classes
A set of data consists of 230 observations between $235 and $567. What class interval would you recommend.
27 = 128, 28 = 256, suggests 8 classes
Class intervals of 40, 45, or 50 all would be acceptable.