Frequency Table Statistics Example 4

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Example 4

easy
Favourite pets are: Cat, Dog, Dog, Fish, Cat, Dog, Bird, Cat, Fish, Dog, Cat. Create a frequency table and state how many responses were recorded.

Solution

  1. 1
    Step 1: Count each category: Cat = 4, Dog = 4, Fish = 2, Bird = 1.
  2. 2
    Step 2: Add the frequencies to get the total: 4+4+2+1=114 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 11 responses.

Answer

Frequency table: Cat 4, Dog 4, Fish 2, Bird 1. There were 1111 responses.
A frequency table groups repeated categories and counts how often each appears. It is a simple way to summarise categorical data before graphing or comparing categories.

About Frequency Table

A frequency table is a table that records how often each value or category occurs in a data set, organizing raw data into a clear summary with categories in one column and their counts (frequencies) in another.

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Example 2 medium

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