Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
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Author: Gregory J. Privitera
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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State three steps to construct a simple frequency distribution.

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Simple frequency distribution:

The simple frequency distribution is the display of data summary for the frequencies of ungrouped data (individual score or category) in the distribution or for the frequencies that fall within the class intervals (grouped data).

The three steps in constructing the simple frequency distribution are stated as:

  1. 1. Calculate the real range by selecting the largest value and smallest value.
  2. 2. Calculate the interval width using real range and number of classes required.
  3. 3. Construct the simple frequency distribution using the interval width.

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