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Chapter 2
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Class | a quantitative or qualitative category that raw data is placed into |
Frequency | the number of data values that are contained in a particular class |
Frequency Distribution | the organization of raw data in table form, using classes and frequency |
Class Width | the distance between consecutive lower limits (boundaries) and consecutive upper limits (boundaries)--found by subtracting the lower and upper limit from the one above--do not subtract the lower limit of one class from the upper limit of the same clasee |
Class Limits | the span of values that can be counted in a particular class |
Class Boundaries | numbers used to separate the class so there are no gaps in the frequency distribution |
Midpoint Formula | |
Categorical Frequency Distribution | used for data that can be put into specific categories. Nominal or Ordinal |
Group Frequency Distribution | |
Ungrouped Frequency Distribution |