This document discusses methods for organizing and presenting data, including frequency distributions. It describes how to construct frequency distribution tables that organize data into categories and show frequencies. It also discusses ways to visualize distributions through graphs like histograms and polygons. The document explains how distributions can take different shapes like symmetrical, positively skewed, and negatively skewed. It introduces concepts like percentiles, interpolation, and stem-and-leaf displays for further analyzing and presenting frequency distributions.
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Frequency Distributions
• After collecting data, the first task for a
researcher is to organize and simplify the
data so that it is possible to get a general
overview of the results.
• This is the goal of descriptive statistical
techniques.
• One method for simplifying and organizing
data is to construct a frequency
distribution.
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Frequency Distributions (cont.)
• A frequency distribution is an organized
tabulation showing exactly how many
individuals are located in each category on
the scale of measurement. A frequency
distribution presents an organized picture
of the entire set of scores, and it shows
where each individual is located relative to
others in the distribution.
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Frequency Distribution Tables
• A frequency distribution table consists of at
least two columns - one listing categories on the
scale of measurement (X) and another for
frequency (f).
• In the X column, values are listed from the
highest to lowest, without skipping any.
• For the frequency column, tallies are determined
for each value (how often each X value occurs in
the data set). These tallies are the frequencies
for each X value.
• The sum of the frequencies should equal N.
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Frequency Distribution Tables (cont.)
• A third column can be used for the
proportion (p) for each category: p = f/N.
The sum of the p column should equal
1.00.
• A fourth column can display the
percentage of the distribution
corresponding to each X value. The
percentage is found by multiplying p by
100. The sum of the percentage column is
100%.
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Regular Frequency Distribution
• When a frequency distribution table lists all
of the individual categories (X values) it is
called a regular frequency distribution.
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Grouped Frequency Distribution
• Sometimes, however, a set of scores
covers a wide range of values. In these
situations, a list of all the X values would
be quite long - too long to be a “simple”
presentation of the data.
• To remedy this situation, a grouped
frequency distribution table is used.
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Grouped Frequency Distribution (cont.)
• In a grouped table, the X column lists groups of
scores, called class intervals, rather than
individual values.
• These intervals all have the same width, usually
a simple number such as 2, 5, 10, and so on.
• Each interval begins with a value that is a
multiple of the interval width. The interval width
is selected so that the table will have
approximately ten intervals.
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Frequency Distribution Graphs
• In a frequency distribution graph, the
score categories (X values) are listed on
the X axis and the frequencies are listed
on the Y axis.
• When the score categories consist of
numerical scores from an interval or ratio
scale, the graph should be either a
histogram or a polygon.
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Histograms
• In a histogram, a bar is centered above
each score (or class interval) so that the
height of the bar corresponds to the
frequency and the width extends to the
real limits, so that adjacent bars touch.
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Polygons
• In a polygon, a dot is centered above
each score so that the height of the dot
corresponds to the frequency. The dots
are then connected by straight lines. An
additional line is drawn at each end to
bring the graph back to a zero frequency.
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Bar graphs
• When the score categories (X values) are
measurements from a nominal or an
ordinal scale, the graph should be a bar
graph.
• A bar graph is just like a histogram except
that gaps or spaces are left between
adjacent bars.
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Relative frequency
• Many populations are so large that it is
impossible to know the exact number of
individuals (frequency) for any specific
category.
• In these situations, population distributions
can be shown using relative frequency
instead of the absolute number of
individuals for each category.
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Smooth curve
• If the scores in the population are
measured on an interval or ratio scale, it is
customary to present the distribution as a
smooth curve rather than a jagged
histogram or polygon.
• The smooth curve emphasizes the fact
that the distribution is not showing the
exact frequency for each category.
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Frequency distribution graphs
• Frequency distribution graphs are useful
because they show the entire set of
scores.
• At a glance, you can determine the highest
score, the lowest score, and where the
scores are centered.
• The graph also shows whether the scores
are clustered together or scattered over a
wide range.
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Shape
• A graph shows the shape of the distribution.
• A distribution is symmetrical if the left side of
the graph is (roughly) a mirror image of the right
side.
• One example of a symmetrical distribution is the
bell-shaped normal distribution.
• On the other hand, distributions are skewed
when scores pile up on one side of the
distribution, leaving a "tail" of a few extreme
values on the other side.
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Positively and Negatively
Skewed Distributions
• In a positively skewed distribution, the
scores tend to pile up on the left side of
the distribution with the tail tapering off to
the right.
• In a negatively skewed distribution, the
scores tend to pile up on the right side and
the tail points to the left.
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Percentiles, Percentile Ranks,
and Interpolation
• The relative location of individual scores
within a distribution can be described by
percentiles and percentile ranks.
• The percentile rank for a particular X
value is the percentage of individuals with
scores equal to or less than that X value.
• When an X value is described by its rank,
it is called a percentile.
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Percentiles, Percentile Ranks,
and Interpolation (cont.)
• To find percentiles and percentile ranks, two new
columns are placed in the frequency distribution table:
One is for cumulative frequency (cf) and the other is for
cumulative percentage (c%).
• Each cumulative percentage identifies the percentile
rank for the upper real limit of the corresponding score or
class interval. When scores or percentages do not
correspond to upper real limits or cumulative
percentages, you must use interpolation to determine the
corresponding ranks and percentiles. Interpolation is a
mathematical process based on the assumption that the
scores and the percentages change in a regular, linear
fashion as you move through an interval from one end to
the other.
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Interpolation
• When scores or percentages do not correspond
to upper real limits or cumulative percentages,
you must use interpolation to determine the
corresponding ranks and percentiles.
• Interpolation is a mathematical process based
on the assumption that the scores and the
percentages change in a regular, linear fashion
as you move through an interval from one end to
the other.
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Stem-and-Leaf Displays
• A stem-and-leaf display provides a very
efficient method for obtaining and displaying a
frequency distribution.
• Each score is divided into a stem consisting of
the first digit or digits, and a leaf consisting of
the final digit.
• Finally, you go through the list of scores, one at
a time, and write the leaf for each score beside
its stem.
• The resulting display provides an organized
picture of the entire distribution. The number of
leafs beside each stem corresponds to the
frequency, and the individual leafs identify the
individual scores.