Distributions/Frequency
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What is the purpose of developing a frequency distribution? What is the relationship between the relative frequency and the cumulative frequency? Could a frequency distribution contain qualitative data? Why?
Describe the properties of a normal distribution. Why are there infinite possible normal distributions? Why should one assume that sample data represents a population distribution?
Does all statistical data have a mean, median, or mode? Why? When is the mean the best measure of central tendency? When is the median the best measure of central tendency?
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This is a 284 word response that answers three questions concerning Distributions and Frequency. It covers purpose, properties of normal distribution, and central tendency.
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What is the purpose of developing a frequency distribution? What is the relationship between the relative frequency and the cumulative frequency? Could a frequency distribution contain qualitative data? Why?
Frequency simplifies and illustrates large sets of data. It is a method of simplifying and organizing data to make it understandable by showing values and how often each value occurred. Relative frequency is found by dividing the ...
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